Arcata Water Treatment Plant

Wastewater treatment facility plan and plant improvement project project description.

Arcata water treatment plant. Arcata water sewer rates to see big jump over next five years. By 1983 the state water resources control board permitted arcata to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant including wetland treatment marshes. Comap 2017 winners yaad rana marcela jimenez and joshua martinez flexed their math modeling and urban planning skills to beat out over 8 000 other universities at the 2017 interdisciplinary contest in modeling. The city of arcata proposes to construct upgrades to the existing arcata wastewater treatment facility treatment facility or facility to update aging infrastructure and comply with the requirements of the regional water quality control board rwqcb order no.

A series of oxidation ponds treatment wetlands and enhancement marshes are used to filter sewage waste. In 2021 that rate will rise to 54 99 and will top out at 77 61 in 2025 under the pro. City of arcata. Kevin hoover july 12 2020.

Consumers of arcata water outside city limits will pay more. Wastewater rates are pushing higher due to capital improvement projects on old infrastructure totaling 75 2 million 64 4 of which are for the wwtp. The natural processes reduce reliance on chemicals. Ii 44 110 to 54 957 yr.

This includes a conversion to ultraviolet purification from chlorine based treatment. This division is responsible for the monitoring reporting testing and treatment of all wastewater for the city of arcata including 11 wastewater pump stations 55 acres of oxidation ponds and 154 acres of treatment marshes. Arcata wastewater treatment plant and wildlife sanctuary is an innovative sewer management system employed by the city of arcata california. Water wastewater treatment plant operator i ii.

Special tours of the treatment plant are available by request. I 41 964 to 52 282 yr. Measuring the dissolved oxygen concentration in the arcata marsh and wildlife sanctuary the first full scale constructed wetland wastewater treatment facility in the u s. The california coastal conservancy funded the original 75 acres of constructed wetlands which was completed in 1981 the beginning of the arcata marsh wildlife sanctuary.

The marshes also serve as a wildlife refuge and are on the pacific flyway the arcata marsh is a popular destination for birders. How arcata s wastewater treatment system works. The california state water resources control board and the united states environmental protection agency require the. Arcata water sewer rates to see big jump over next five years july 12 2020.