Town of Tonawanda Waste Water Facility - Tonawanda, NY - Wastewater Treatment Facilities on Waymarking.com

The Town of Tonawanda wastewater treatment facility was the first in New York State to implement a coarse monomedia filtration system. It replaced 16 traditional mixed-media sand filters that filtered 32 million gallons/day. The system was put into place in 1993 in order to relieve the burden caused by increased flow during wet weather, which sometimes required partial filter bypasses that reduced the quality of filtration. The new system has reduced the amount of the backwash water volume that is recycled to the head of the plant for re-treatment by 80% and now uses only 12 filter cells. More information can be found here: (visit link)

This facility serves the communities of the Town of Tonawanda, City of Tonawanda, and Village of Kenmore.

What is the capacity of the facility?: An average of 636,000 gallons/day Describe the biological treatment technology used.: Deep bed monomedia filters How are biosolids (sludge) managed?: Hauled offsite What technology is used for disinfection prior to dicharge of treated water?: Chlorination Who is the owner/operator fo the facility?: Town of Tonawanda What is the website of the WWTP?: [Web Link] How is the facility governed?: Not listed

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