WEAT Municipal WWTP of the Year Category 2

MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OF THE YEAR Category 2 (1 MGD to <15 MGD)

...acknowledges a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Texas that has consistently exhibited outstanding performance of daily activities beyond the normal call of duty.

Sulphur Springs WWTP City of Sulphur Springs

The City of Sulphur Springs Wastewater Treatment Facility is an activated sludge plant that is permitted for 5.40 MGD annual average daily flow and 6.07 MGD peak 2-hour flow. The plant is designed to provide service for approximately 17,000 residents. Liquid treatment processes consist of influent bar screens, an aerated grit removal basin, primary clarifiers, aeration basins with a fine-bubble diffused air and centrifugal blower system, final clarifiers, a final clarifier effluent pump station, cloth disc filters, and a chlorination/dechlorination disinfection process. Primary sludge and WAS are combined in the aerobic digesters, are then thickened via gravity thickeners, dewatered using a belt filter press, and are composted with wood before being hauled to a landfill.

The documented safety program in action consists of the following written documents: Hazard Assessment, Confined Space Entry Manual, Excavation Safety, Prevention Program, Emergency Response Program, Hazardous Waste Operations, and Emergency Response, Risk Management Plan. In-house safety meetings are conducted monthly. The City of Sulphur Springs Wastewater Treatment Facility has had no lost-time incidents per 100 facility employees in the year preceding the nomination.