Category: Waste Water Treatment Plant

The Design/Build project consist of improvements to the eight multiple hearth furnaces to improve emissions in accordance with USEPA regulations 40 CFR Part 60 for Sewage Sludge Incinerators (existing MHIs). The scope includes replacement of existing wet scrubber systems including new quench sections, new water spray venturis and mist eliminators, replacement of the CEMS for… Continue reading Complex II Incinerator Improvements

To address the deficiencies in the existing solids handling process and to mitigate the potential permit non-compliance on the solids inventory level, DWSD has decided to enhance the capacity and reliability of their solids handling system by replacing the existing twenty-two (22) Belt Filter Presses in Dewatering Complex I & II. METCO, as one of… Continue reading Belt Filter Press Replacement Dewatering Complex I & II Detroit WWTP

Due to deterioration of the existing ferric chloride (FeCl3) tanks housed within the Train Shed Building, replacement FeCl3 storage was needed for current and future use. NEORSD sought to install new FeCl3 tanks in the Chemical Handling Building, which housed mostly abandoned chemical equipment. In order to accomplish the installation of the new tanks, a… Continue reading Ferric Chloride Storage Facility

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) entered into a Consent Decree with USEPA in 2010 which requires chemically enhanced high rate treatment of flows through Combined Sewer Overflow Treatment Facility (CSOTF). In advance of this project, NEORSD initiated several improvements to enhance the reliability of the CSOTF mechanical bar screens and settling tank drives. Improvements… Continue reading Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant Wet Weather Improvements

Due to deterioration of the existing ferric chloride (FeCl3) tanks housed within the Train Shed Building, replacement FeCl3 storage was needed for current and future use. NEORSD sought to install new FeCl3 tanks in the Chemical Handling Building, which housed mostly abandoned chemical equipment. In order to accomplish the installation of the new tanks, a… Continue reading Westerly Ferric Chloride Rehabilitation

The District owns and operates three wastewater treatment plants in the Cleveland metropolitan area: Easterly, Southerly and Westerly. The bio-solids generated at the three facilities are incinerated. The bio-solids from Easterly (EWWTP) and Southerly (SWWTC) are incinerated at Southerly in fluidized bed incinerators (FBIs). Each of the three FBIs is a hot wind box design,… Continue reading Southerly Maximum Achievable Control Technical (MACT) Improvements