Water / Wastewater
Mebane WWTP
The Mebane Water Resource Recovery Facility Improvements consisted of multiple changes. The project consisted of a new headworks facility. Converting the existing solids building to house a new rotating drum thickener and a polymer system for use with it. Two digesters received sludge aerobic digester modifications. Aeration diffusers and two mixers where also installed in each digester. Three secondary clarifiers received new Stamford effluent baffles and energy dissipating inlets. New influent flowmeter and electrical building and patching for the thickener.
Details
Location
Mebane, NC
Size
9 Acres
Completion
2023
Owner
City of Mebane
Siler City WWTP
Waste water discharged by customers flows through approximately 50 miles of sanitary sewer lines to a city owned and operated waste water treatment plant. The current waste water treatment plant came online in 1994.
​The Plant is set to go under extensive upgrades that are set to be completed by 2025. Currently the plant has the capacity to treat 4 million gallons per day, and is operating on an average of 1.3 million gallons per day. With the new improvements the plant with have the capacity to treat 6 million gallons per day, and will operate on an average of 1.7 million gallons per day.