An Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge Secondary Treatment Process Helps an Illinois Plant Boost Capacity

The award-winning Mahomet Wastewater Treatment Plant packs a lot of treatment capacity and quality into a severely confined footprint.

An Integrated Fixed-Film Activated Sludge Secondary Treatment Process Helps an Illinois Plant Boost Capacity

Jason Heid, water and wastewater superintendent

The Mahomet (Illinois) Wastewater Treatment Plant sits in a tight 5-acre triangle: on one side a railroad track, on another side the Sangamon River, and on the third side a subdivision.

That posed a major challenge about 10 years ago as growth in the community, a bedroom suburb of...

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