To eliminate sewer overflows into Lake Erie, increase treatment capacity and improve the quality of the treated water at this aging water pollution control center (WPCC), upgrades included a 15-million-gallon storage basin, new headworks, relief sewer and a new membrane bioreactor process within the existing tankage.
A growing population, aging infrastructure and more stringent effluent limits necessitated the large-scale expansion of the Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility.