Chesapeake City Wastewater Treatment Plant

The scope of this project included the construction of a new plant large enough to process the waste from both end of Chesapeake City. The town previously had two treatment plants – one on the north side of the C&D canal, and one on the south side of the canal. The new plant is now located on the north side of the canal next to the location of the old plant. At the old south plant site, we retrofitted a pumping station to pump the south side of town’s wastewater under the canal to be processed at the new north treatment facility.

The new plant consisted of:

Headworks building with mechanical screen and grit skid

Process building with precast SBR tanks, sludge tank, EQ tank and UV trough and all associated equipment

Precast denitrification filter structure

Nucor Dewatering building

Chemical feed system

Renovations to the existing control building including new laboratory, restrooms and electrical room with generator

Site improvements

South Site Scope:

Demo existing plant

New generator building with generator and electrical room

Pumping station

New force main from south site, under the canal and connecting to the new north plant

This challenging project was built through the height of the pandemic, experiencing several material and equipment delays, however it was successfully completed on schedule. We are grateful for the amazing team of our field crews, subcontractors, vendors, KCI Technologies, the Town of Chesapeake City as well as MDE and USDA who all helped us complete the project successfully.