The Clean Water Act and its amendments have been in place for almost 30 years. Much progress in point source water pollution abatement has been made. Nearly all municipal wastewater discharges are now treated to secondary standards. However, many challenges remain to achieve the goals of the Clean Water Act. Among these are:
- Control of toxic discharges from publicly owned treatment works (POTW)
- Disposal of biosolids to meet the requirements of the EPA’s Part 503 regulations
- Nonpoint source discharge of pollutants
- Control of sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) and combined sewer overflow (CSO)
Additionally, many of the treatment plants constructed in the early years of the water pollution abatement program are more than 20 years old and nearing the end of their design life or exceeding design capacities. Others do not meet the requirements of their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits. Both situations may require either expansion or upgrading of existing POTWs.
Jacobson Satchell Consultants employs a staff possessing more than 100 years of combined experience in the design of municipal wastewater treatment facilities. Our experience ranges from aerobic lagoon systems to advanced wastewater treatment plants. Our professional service capabilities include:
- Lift stations
- Disinfection systems
- Pretreatment
- Sewer systems
- Primary/secondary treatment
- Infiltration/inflow analysis
- Advanced wastewater treatment
- Combined sewer overflow
- Biosolids treatment and disposal
- Value engineering
