Water Supply and Treatment System Improvements, Spencer Municipal Utilities, Iowa
Recommended improvements were constructed in phases, allowing the plant to remain in service during the
Bolton & Menk provided wastewater treatment solutions to help Tyson Foods meet Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy requirements.
Tyson Foods needed to install a phosphorus removal system at its pork processing facility in Perry, Iowa as required by the Iowa Nutrient Reduction Strategy. The existing plant design included both fixed film roughing filters and activated sludge aeration basins.
Bolton & Menk provided engineering design services for biological and chemical phosphorus removal processes. The plant improvements included anaerobic, anoxic, and aeration basins and an additional clarifier for biological phosphorus removal and a chemical feed and mixing system for chemical phosphorus removal from the fixed film process effluent.
Recommended improvements were constructed in phases, allowing the plant to remain in service during the
A vintage water treatment facility coupled with high levels of chlorides, salty water parameters, dissolved
The project completely renovated and modernized our municipal treatment infrastructure, while laying the groundwork to
The new water treatment facility is successful in removing radium from the drinking water.