Small to medium sized waste water plants are our expertise. This is especially true in working with developments and municipalities. Here is just a glimpse of a few jobs that may interest you.
This project involved the conversion of the existing trickling filter system to an Oxidation Ditch System. The new facility design included two new oxidation ditches and two clarifiers, conversion of the existing imhoff tank to an aerobic digester, conversion of the existing trickling filter to an equipment/vehicle storage building, and effluent chlorination facilities. Digested sludge is land-applied and incorporated on nearby agricultural fields.
Operations Experience - Mike Saeugling served as the superintendent directly in charge of the Solon facility from 1980 to 1998. This was a part-time position that involved directing the operation of the plant, training City staff, completing the monthly operation reports, and correspondence with the IDNR.
In 1998, the full-time public works director, who was involved in the daily operations of the treatment plant, retired. Prior to the hiring of Mr. Scott Kleppe, Mr. Saeugling performed all of the daily operations including operational control testing, sludge handling, equipment maintenance, and NPDES permit sampling and reporting. Mr. Saeugling was also responsible for training Mr. Kleppe at the facility.
This project involved the complete design of new 18-inch diameter outfall sewers and knife gate valves, inter-cell piping and valves, a pond discharge structure, and an effluent flow measurement structure. The improvements enable the ponds to be operated in parallel or series, to be completely bypassed, or allow either cell to be isolated.
During the course of construction, VJ Engineering directed the removal and land application of approximately 1,100,000 gallons of sludge which had accumulated in the ponds prior to the addition of sludge handling facilities at the treatment plant. Sludge samples were collected and analyzed, and a land application permit was obtained from the DNR prior to the sludge removal.
The City of Atalissa was a previously unsewered community, creating a groundwater pollution problem. This project included utilizing existing on-site septic tanks and replacing individual absorption systems with a common pressure sewer system. A lift station was constructed to pump the collected wastewater to the newly designed, activated sludge facility for final treatment.
