The Problem:

Brodhead, a Wisconsin city of 3,276, owned and operated a treatment plant in working condition, yet it would have taken a whopping $4.2 million to overhaul the facility to meet the required future effluent limits for phosphorus as set forth by the WPDES permit: 0.1 mg/L.

FACILITY

UPGRADE PLAN

$4.2 million Infrastructure Upgrade

$ $

190 lbs/yr

In the end, this investment would only solve a symptom of the problem. MSA engineers recognized that a traditional structural upgrade was not the answer, nor was mere compliance the ultimate goal. Rather, a reduction in total phosphorus means protecting the integrity of the local watershed.

So why settle for simply meeting the prescribed effluent limit when a project can make a larger and lasting impact?