Village of
Spencerville, Ohio
Waste Water Department
Waste Water Treatment Plant
Located at:
1225 S. St Marys Rd
Spencerville, Ohio 45887
Phone Number: 419-647-4853
In
1998
and
1999,
the
Village
wastewater
treatment
plant
was
upgraded
to
meet
or
exceed
our
current
NPDES
(
National
Pollutant
Discharge
Elimination
System)
permit. The upgrade was a major expense but one that was definitely needed to meet the requirements set forth by the Ohio EPA.
The
new
plant
was
designed
by
Floyd
Browne
Associates
(FBA)
in
Marion,
Ohio,
with
the
construction
being
performed
by
Tuttle
Construction
in
Lima,
Ohio
and
Sollmann
Electric
in
Sidney,
Ohio..
It
was
decided
that
the
best
plant
for
Spencerville
would
be
sequencing
batch
reactor
(SBR),
this
type
of
plant
would
be
able to effectively treat any type of flow either in terms of strength of wastewater or during high flow periods.
The
Village’s
wastewater
collection
system
(WWCS)
is
what
delivers
the
wastewater
to
the
treatment
plant.
This
system
must
be
maintained
and
repaired
as
necessary, failure to do so could result in problems at the WWTP.
Our
current
collection
system
is
strictly
for
wastewater,
however,
during
heavy
rain
events,
the
flow
at
the
plant
is
significantly
increased
due
to
the
entrance
of
storm
water
into
the
WWCS.
This
storm
water
comes
from
couple
different
places.
First,
there
are
leaks
in
the
pipe
joints
and
manhole
joints,
which
allow
water
to
enter
the
WWCS,
this
is
called
infiltration.
Second,
there
are
numerous
“illegal”
connections
throughout
the
community.
These
are
mainly
basement
sump
pumps that are connected directly to WWCS, this is called inflow.
Because
of
the
fluctuation
in
flows,
the
WWTP
had
to
be
designed
to
handle
the
most
extreme
flow
conditions.
We
have
attempted
to
reduce
the
amount
of
storm
water that enters our WWCS by lining the sewers that have proved to be leaking.
Both the plant and collection system will require various improvements in the upcoming years, in order to remain in compliance with OEPA requirements.