| The original Wastewater Treatment
Facility was built in 1956. The facility included primary
treatment consisting of primary settling tanks, anaerobic
digestors, and sludge drying beds. In
1967 the facility was upgraded to include secondary
treatment using Contact/Stabilization. Dis-infection
of the effluent
flow was also included at this time, using chlorine
gas delivered in multiple one-ton steel cylinders.
In 1984 the operation of the primary
treatment was discontinued and shut down, as it was
discovered that the Contact/Stabilization was able to
effectively handle the treatment of the flow.
In the early 1990´s the Contact/Stabilization
tanks were refitted from coarse bubble diffusers to
fine bubble diffusers.
In the late 1990´s the switch
was made from one-ton cylinders of chlorine to chlorine
tablets for safety reasons. Then in 2001 we changed
over to liquid sodium hypochloride (bleach) for disinfection.
In 2002 and 2003 the Secondary Clarifiers
were completely rebuilt, then sandblasted and painted.
In 2003 a Capital Asset Management
Plan (CAMP) was initiated to help ensure the City´s
ability to accommodate future growth.
In 2004 a new Headworks was designed
under the CAMP with construction beginning in mid-2005.
Also in 2004 under the CAMP, design was begun for upgrades
to the Secondary treatment at the plant.
In October 2004 the EPA issued
a new National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
permit (NPDES) effective until October 31, 2009.
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