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CLAYPOOL — The town of Claypool will celebrate the completion of major wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 22.
The Claypool Wastewater Treatment Plant ribbon-cutting will be at 3 p.m., with an open house until 6 p.m., at 200 W. Walnut St., Claypool.
It is open to the community.
The $4.6 million project replaced aging infrastructure at the end of its useful life, helping the community reliably and safely meet permit effluent limits while providing capacity for future growth, according to a provided news release. Improvements include upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant, rehabilitation of the sanitary sewer collection system and new stormwater infrastructure throughout the town.
Wastewater treatment plant improvements include adding aeration to the existing lagoon system, installing a new Submerged Attached Growth Reactor (SAGR) system for ammonia removal and replacing chlorine disinfection with ultraviolet disinfection. The UV system eliminates the need for chemicals in the treatment process.
The plant was also converted from controlled discharge to continuous discharge, and its capacity increased from 0.0336 million gallons per day to 0.0564 million gallons per day.
The sanitary sewer work included cleaning and televising approximately 14,000 linear feet of sewer, followed by rehabilitation of damaged sections to reduce inflow and infiltration. The work included cured-in-place pipelining of 1,100 linear feet of sewer and manhole lining. Stormwater improvements included approximately 2,000 linear feet of new storm sewer, along with new manholes and inlets throughout Claypool.
The project was funded in part through the Indiana Finance Authority’s State Revolving Fund Loan Program, including $1.6 million in forgivable loan funds; a $750,000 grant from the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs; and $200,000 from the Kosciusko County K21 Health Foundation.
