Sulphur Spring Facility Named Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Of The Year
Sulphur Springs Utility Director James Jordan returned from the annual Water Environment Association of Texas conference with a plaque and flag recognizing the City of Sulphur Springs Wastewater Treatment Facility as the Category 2 Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant of the Year. “The award is a really big deal for us. I can’t be more appreciative for receiving this award, because, for one, it’s never been...
City Staff Preparing Plan To Address Facility Needs At Sulphur Springs Water Treatment Plant
American Rescue Plan Act Could Help Fund Rehab Project City employees had planned to do some maintenance work on one of the water tanks, but now are working on what is expected to be a multi-million dollar plan to address facility needs at Sulphur Springs Water Treatment Plant, according to City Manager Marc Maxwell. Sulphur Springs Water Treatment Plant The city allocated $360,000 in the budget t\o renovate the baffles in clearwell...
Equipment Issues At City Wastewater Treatment Plant Partially Resolved
The blower issues that sidelined two of the three blowers at the city’s wastewater treatment plant are partially resolved, according to the city manager. There have been some vibration issues since the blowers were installed in last August. Two of the three blowers at the wastewater treatment plant developed vibration problems and the issues became bad enough to render the units inoperable. One unit continued to operate, but...
Progress On Wastewater Treatment Plant Bubbling Along According To Schedule
Testing of the wastewater treatment plant’s new systems is off to a bubbling start. On Tuesday, the city began testing the new aerators. That night they filled the aeration basin with treated effluent, and we will began a 5-day aeration test Wednesday afternoon. The next step will be to start treating wastewater with the new aerators. The $18 million dollar bond-funded project to put in eight new units to defuse the air and...
Waste Water Treatment Plant’s $18.2-Million Makeover Underway
The City of Sulphur Springs is increasing the capacity of the waste-water treatment plant in an $18.2 million dollar project which is designed for the next 20-years of growth based on population. City Utilities Director Robert Lee stated the project will double the capacity but will not change the flow capacity, which is adequate, to the plant. He states the project is a necessary one. Lee stated that several food industries in the...
City to Rebuild Wastewater Treatment Plant
Construction could take two years for the rework of the Sulphur Springs Waste Water Treatment plan. It could cost near $18-million and continue with the same capacity as now. Governmental regulations and requirements for waste water treatment plants have increased, according to Peter Karsten, City Finance Director. Karsten stated that if the city were to add two more industries that employ three to four hundred people or gain 6,000...
Fire at Waste Water Treatment Plant Raises Sludge Question
Fortunately the city of Sulphur Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant was not damaged by a fire reported at that location on Labor Day just after 1 p.m. According to City Manager Marc Maxwell, the fire occurred in equipment of a company that has a contract with the city to process city sludge from the plant. Maxwell said the city would be impacted because now they have to figure out what to do with their sludge. He said if the equipment...
Garver Engineering to Design the Rehab Project for the Wastewater Treatment Plant
The Sulphur Springs City Council selected Garver Engineering to design the rehab project for the Wastewater Treatment Plant at a regular meeting Tuesday night. The council also approved bids for two police cruisers, for heating and air conditioning at old City Hall and for utility pipe for the Lamar Street reconstruction project
Wastewater Treatment Plant Needs Improvements
[sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://www.ksstradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Wastewater-Treatment.mp3″] Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell says the city needs to make some more improvements to the Wastewater Treatment Plant, built in the 1970’s. The city has been under TCEQ enforcement for some time now after the city was out of compliance for a big measurement, total suspended solids, for four months during a...
Update On Wastewater Treatment Plant
Sulphur Springs City Manager Marc Maxwell gave the City Council an update Tuesday night on the city’s stressed Wastewater Treatment Plant. He said a new filter was helping and added the plant was within allowable limits for total suspended solids last month. Maxwell said the plant was out of compliance for ammonia. He said the plant still needed to get more oxygen for it to operate more efficiently. By Don Julian, KSST News and Sports...
