Seeking to increase the wastewater treatment capacity at the Brush Creek sewage plant without expanding its footprint, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, signed a contract with GE for a technological upgrade. Once complete, the expanded Brush Creek Water Pollution Control Facility will treat more than 26 million litres per day of wastewater, and the effluent will meet current and future nutrient and discharge limitations.
GE is supplying its LEAPmbr wastewater treatment system to GHD, which will take care about engineering procurement and construction of the new system.
The Brush Creek Water Pollution Control Facility currently treats 13 million litres of wastewater per day and once the expansion is complete in early 2018, it will be able to treat an average of 29 million litres of wastewater daily. In the future, the plant will be able to increase capacity to 33 million litres per day and have an organic capacity of 8,700 kg per day.
The plant provides wastewater treatment services to all of Cranberry Township along with portions of Pine, Marshall and New Sewickley Townships. Wastewater is collected from area homes, businesses and industries and after being treated is discharged into Brush Creek.
