On Wednesday, April 7, city officials and representatives from Pizzagalli, Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, and Airport Parkway WWTF celebrated the start of construction on the $22 million upgrade of the 44-year-old facility. The upgrade will increase the treatment capacity from 2.3 to 3.3 MGD and consist of an upgrade and expansion to the headworks, primary, biological nutrient removal, secondary, filtration, disinfection, sludge digestion and miscellaneous handling facilities. The proposed improvements will replace existing inefficient equipment with new highly efficient equipment to lower power consumption and will use biogas from the digestion process to fuel a cogeneration unit to heat and power the plant. The project is scheduled for completion in November 2011.

Airport Parkway WWTF Project Breaks Ground