From the Englewood Herald (Tom Munds):
Dennis Stowe, plant manage, came to the Aug. 16 council meeting to talk about the awards, one from the American Council of Engineering Companies and one from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies. “It is the first time we have received these two awards and they are not just recognizing the work of our plant or the plant personnel,” Stowe said. “Rather, these awards recognize the efforts and work of a huge number of people including design engineers, construction crews, our city councils as well as all the people at the plant. It just happened our plant got to accept the awards but they really belong to everyone who worked on these projects…
The plant received one of the eight American Council of Engineering Companies Grand Awards presented this year. The award recognized the engineering and innovation that went into the recently-completed $114 million upgrade and expansion the Littleton/Englewood Wastewater Treatment Plant…
The Littleton/Englewood plant received the award for the eight-year project that expanded the capacity from 36 million gallons per day to 50 million gallons per day which is expected to meet demands for the next two decades. The project also repaired and improved the processes and systems at the plant plus installed new treatment processes to meet federal and state guidelines…
Stowe also told the council about the national research technology the plant received from the National Association of Clear Water Agencies. He said the award recognized the development of an innovative system that enabled the facility to meet the state requirement to remove nitrate before putting the water back into the South Platte River. “A plant employee came up with the concept and the contractor initially didn’t want to use it because of concern it wouldn’t work efficiently,” Stowe said. “But they eventually used the system and it worked so well and so impressed the manufacturer that they patented it and have made it a part of their system.”
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