New Chemical Room

The Chemical room that was part of the 2016 Wastewater Plant upgrade, houses four storage tanks and an on-site generation system designed to produce 0.8 Sodium Hypochlorite. Two of the tanks store the generated sodium hypochlorite and are connected to three Watson-Marlo pumps. Two of the pumps inject the chlorine into the Final Effluent waters to ensure proper disinfection before going to the river. The other pump is designed, and piped, to other treatment processes within the Wastewater Plant. The other two tanks are designed to hold Aluminum Sulfate, a chemical used to help with Phosphorus removal. This chemical is trucked in as needed during the summer months to assist with ensuring we maintain the phosphorus permit levels designated within our NPDES Permit. Normally, we can met our phosphorus requirements by making process adjustments. However; if we need to use a chemical additive, two additional Watson-Marlo pumps help us to deliver the chemicals to the outfall of the Wastewater Aeration Basins.