REMOTE FACILITIES
This section has seven employees and a Supervisor. They work a straight shift - Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 3:30 pm. At times of rainfall or snowmelt, night and weekend work may be required.
They maintain and operate seven retention basins, five lift stations and twenty seven sewer regulators. The seven retention basins (RTB's), Hancock, Weiss, Fitzhugh, Emerson, 14th Street, Webber and Salt/Fraser, can store a combined total of 60 million gallons of sewage and stormwater.
These basins, along with collection system modifications, prevent the discharge of any raw sewage to the river. The RTBs provide primary settling and disinfection. Overflow to the river of the treated effluent occurs during severe and/or sustained rainstorms. Retained stormwater and settled solids are sent to the Wastewater Plant for treatment.