City of Junction City, Wastewater Treatment Facility
The City of Junction City retained HBH as their City Engineer of Record. As a function of that position they requested HBH to review their recently approved Wastewater Facilities Plan as the approved alternative had risen to around $30 million dollars. During our initial review HBH found the approved (City, Engineer, DEQ) Facilities Plan was not implementable as the proposed receiving stream was on an EPA 303d list prohibiting discharge.
HBH has since designed and implemented a Fine Bubble Diffused Air System for aeration of the existing lagoons. The project cost was less than $2 million dollars and has brought the discharge parameters back into substantial compliance with the NPDES permit. While this project in conjunction with an Infiltration/Inflow Project (by others) does not fully address the City's needs, they represent major steps towards a final solution.