C&S personnel have been at the plant since the collapse, checking safety and performance while assessing the site, he said, but it is too early to speculate about a cause.
The plant, with a 26-mgd capacity and maximum flow of 60 mgd, serves Binghamton, Johnson City and seven other area cities.
The failed wall houses part of the biological aerated filtration system, built as a result of an agreed order to meet state requirements for water quality released into Fuller Hollow Creek, the Susquehanna River and eventually Chesapeake Bay.
It is the Susquehannas second-largest public wastewater treatment plant, after Harrisburg, Pa.
The owner selected a biofilm aerated filter (BAF) system, a three-stage process for carbon removal, nitrification and de-nitrification, because of the plants limited space for expansion.
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