Editor’s Note: Each month, we’ll bring you a roundup of new water and wastewater projects from across the country. If you would like your town or city’s project included here, please email Online Editor Anthony Drew at anthony.drew@colepublishing.com.
California
Roseville
Project: Pleasant Grove Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion
Details: Increasing capacity and adding anaerobic digestion to meet demands for next 20 years
Status: Slated for completion in 2020
Cost: $80 million
Quail Valley
Project: Eastern Municipal Water District improvements
Details: Extension of sewer system to neighborhood with septic prohibition
Status: Grant awarded
Cost: $7.5 million
Florida
Bay County
Project: Reuse lines for six miles from North Bay Wastewater Treatment Facility
Details: Aims to improve water quality and implement water conservation
Status: Grant awarded by Florida DEP
Cost: $1 million
Hillsborough County
Project: Dramatic expansion of Northwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility
Details: County will close down two other aging plants, new facility will handle 25 million gpd
Status: Slated for completion in 2019
Cost: $245 million
Panama City
Project: St. Andrews Wastewater Treatment Plant construction
Details: New plant to increase capacity from 5 million to 7.5 million gpd and capture more nutrients
Status: Groundbreaking ceremony held
Cost: $34 million
Iowa
Sioux Center
Project: New WWTP construction
Details: Redoing pumping station, adding suspended growth process
Status: Slated for 2020 completion
Cost: $25 million
Kentucky
Mount Olivet
Project: WWTP upgrade
Details: Plant capacity will be expanded from 49,000 gpd to 63,000 gpd
Status: Grant awarded
Cost: $1.2 million
Maine
Ellsworth
Project: Winter Harbor and Eastport WWTP upgrades
Details: Upgrades are required due to age and to meet clean water standards
Status: Grants and loans awarded
Cost: $8.6 million
Missouri
Farmington
Project: WWTP upgrades
Details: Project includes treatment plant, sewer interceptor main and sewer mains upgrades
Status: To begin in late winter
Cost: $6 million
New Mexico
Red River
Project: WWTP upgrade
Details: Replacing Rotating Biological Contacts (RBC) system
Status: Funded awarded via grants and loans
Cost: $3.9 million
South Dakota
Huron
Project: WWTP upgrades
Details: City was awarded funds to upgrade the WWTP to meet future demands
Status: Community Development Block Grant awarded
Cost: $352,930
Texas
Palmview
Project: New wastewater collection system
Details: System will flow to City of Mission’s WWTP using four lift stations
Status: Groundbreaking held
Cost: $42 million
Vermont
Wilmington
Project: Wilmington Wastewater Treatment Facility upgrade
Details: Updates electrical system, adding office, and replaces old clarigester
Status: In progress
Cost: $2.5 million
