How do you accommodate a two-year upgrade of a treatment plant, change over to new processes, keep staff abreast and involved, and maintain effluent compliance — all while dodging contractors, engineers and equipment suppliers?
In St. Charles, Illinois, Chris Rebone, wastewater division manager, says it takes a proactive and patient approach, open communication between departments, and the willingness to make mistakes and learn from them.He should know. From 2017 to 2019, the city’s Main Wastewater Treatment Facility underwent a game-changing renovation that added a new biological phosphorus removal process, rehabilitated the digestion and biogas systems, and added other new equipment and
