Benicia Water Treatment Plant
The treatment plant operates under regulatory oversight of the california department of health services and has a treatment capacity of 12 million gallons per day.
Benicia water treatment plant. The transmission system consists of two pump stations and approximately 18 miles of pipeline. Benicia city hall 250 east l street benicia ca 94510 phone. Monday thursday from. This project consisted of two new aeration basins solids handling improvements including a new digester dissolved air floatation thickener disinfections system modifications new operations and maintenance.
The treatment process benicia s drinking water comes from lake berryessa the sacramento river or lake herman. Learn how benicia s water is made clean and safe for use at the benicia water treatment plant. A major renovation and improvement project was completed in 2000. Vice president of municipal infrastructure.
The benicia water treatment plant provides 12 mgd utilizing 2 pumping stations and 18 miles of pipeline. Using equipment which collects 50 000 survey points second nv5 collects millions of data points which it then uses to create accurate plant drawings in city requested acad format. The city wastewater treatment plant opened in 1958 was expanded to secondary treatment in 1978 phase i. The storage system consists of 5 treated water reservoirs and lake herman with a capacity of 1 800 acre feet.
The wastewater operations division provides for the operation maintenance repair and capital improvements of the wastewater treatment plant and collection and discharge systems. 8 30 am to 5 00 pm and alternating fridays finance department open. The city inspects and maintains 148 miles of sewer lines in the streets and owns and operates a 4 5 million gallon per day water treatment facility. Before it is delivered to your home and to other places in your community the water has to be treated first.
9 00 am to 4 00 pm and alternating fridays. Nv5 s hd solution team is working with benicia city public works water treatment plant superintendent to establish existing conditions plant drawings. The master plans provide the foundation for city based decisions regarding construction operation and maintenance of the water conveyance treatment storage and distribution system along with. This 30 million project will improve the plant s reliable capacity for wastewater service to benicia businesses and.
The plant provides primary and secondary treatment. Benicia wastewater treatment plant. Monday thursday from. The treatment plant operates under a national pollutant discharge elimination system npdes permit issued by the san francisco regional water quality control board and has a permitted dry weather capacity of 4 5 million gallons per day and a short term hydraulic capacity of 24 million gallons per day.