Around the Clock Wastewater Treatment Service
Our Wastewater Treatment Plant produces water that meets or exceeds regulatory standards. In late 2007, the Wastewater Treatment Plant completed a 36 million dollar expansion project known as Stage II, which included upgrades to existing process equipment, new odor control systems, the removal of trickling filters, and construction of new aeration tanks and clarifiers. This latest project has resulted in the expanded treatment capacity of 24 million gallons of water per day.
The Plant currently serves 140,000 people. Wastewater from Wyoming and four surrounding communities is treated, cleaned and discharged to the Grand River. The material recovered from the water is used as fertilizer on area farms.
The water treated in our Wastewater Treatment Plant is not used for drinking water. Our drinking water is drawn from a supply of natural or clean water and then treated further to make it safe for drinking.
What is Wastewater Treatment?
We produce clean water by treating the water which comes from residential and business use in bathrooms, kitchens and laundry rooms as well as water used in factories for food production, washing and rinsing in various manufacturing facilities and all other human activities where water is flushed down sanitary sewer drains. This water enters our plant and is cleaned as it moves through our plant processes and is finally sent to the Grand River. We are very proud of the quality of the water we produce and of overall improvements to our nation's waterways since the passage of the Clean Water Act of 1972.