ITB-Waste Activated Sludge Thickening Facility - Waste Activated Sludge Thickening Facility

Summary of Specifications:
Loveland WAS Thickening Facility. The City of Loveland’s Wastewater Treatment plant is in the process of replacing the Dissolved Air Floatation Thickening (DAFT) facility with a Waste Activated Sludge (WAS) Thickening Facility. The purpose of the facility is to achieve 6-percent solids concentration that will be sent to the digesters. The WAS project will be installing two (2) new Rotary Drum Thickeners (RDT). The thickened waste activated sludge (TWAS) should extend the existing digesters to the year 2025, reduce odor and improve solids capture.The project will be presented to Loveland Utility Commission on March 17th, 2011 for their approval and award the contract to the lowest qualified bidder. Construction is scheduled to start in late March or April 2011. Depending on the construction schedule and weather, this project could be complete in November 2011. Pavement installation might need to wait until April or May of 2012.