General improvements

Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant, June 2005

Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant, June 2005

Several diverse projects were undertaken to enhance the ability of the Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant to treat wastewater. They included the following:

Insulation of the roofs of digesters #1 and #3
Replacement of three waste-gas burners
Ventilation improvements in the digester control house
Installation of new instrumentation
Replacement of a sluice gate
Installation of new piping and overflow weirs in the diversion structure.

All of these projects are complete. They are helping to achieve better wastewater treatment at the Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant and improved water quality in Onondaga Lake.