During the planning stages, a comprehensive approach was taken to minimize impacts of construction on Lake Sakatah, the receiving body of water, while providing a regional treatment facility that could easily be expanded to help serve area lakes and campgrounds.
The City of Waterville needed to upgrade their existing wastewater treatment facility which was more than 50 years old and to meet effluent limits for phosphorus. The city and Bolton & Menk worked together to develop and evaluate various treatment options, their costs, and their impacts on the environment. During the planning stages, a comprehensive approach was taken to minimize impacts of construction on Lake Sakatah, the receiving body of water, while providing a regional treatment facility that could easily be expanded to help serve area lakes and campgrounds.
A biological nutrient removal extended aeration activated sludge process followed by gravity sand filtration was selected to meet current and future community needs. This process can also be easily modified to meet additional and more stringent effluent requirements in the future. The project received significant grants as part of the phosphorus removal improvements. The project provides the City of Waterville the ability to meet the wastewater needs of its residents and businesses while meeting effluent quality standards set forth by the MPCA.
We strive to achieve excellence through cooperation and progressiveness, and I believe this project represented
The design services included a large-scale pilot study of chemical phosphorus removal and evaluation of
Several process, facility, and operational modifications and improvements were identified for use in Smithfield’s long-range
By allocating the dollars on the front end at the water treatment plant, the city
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