The Michigan Municipal League cites “innovative wastewater treatment technology” for its 2012 Community Excellence Award presented to the Grandville Clean Water Treatment Plant. Planning for the $23 million expansion and upgrade project began in 2006 after several years of the plant exceeding its former capacity of 4.4 mgd.“The plant was hydraulically overloaded,” says Todd Wibright, plant superintendent. “We were running consistently at over 100 percent capacity.” An egg-shaped anaerobic digester was the most novel addition to the plant and is the first of its kind in Michigan. The other major addition was a biogas-fueled combined heat and power system.Designed by
