City of Pittsfield - Waste Water Treatment Facility

Site Inspection conducted 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Monday April 14, 2008

Max Middendorf, PE - MECO Engineering Company, Inc.

Leland Walker - EMC

 

Pump Control / Grit / Screening Building

Collapsed Gutter on West wall

Concrete at Pump / Grit / Screening Building

soil subsidence undermining concrete flatwork on south wall

Pump / Grit / Screening

Looking east

East side Pump / Grit / Screening

concrete sidewalk differential settlement

Sidewalk on North side of screw pumps

local settlement creating ponding problems

Screw Pumps

East wall of pump control building

Pump control cabinets

New touch screen interface for pump VFD control

need new sensor; must presently operate pumps in manual mode

new VFD starter

New VFD starter

empty starter cabinet

trash screening

Pump control / Grit / Screening Roof

Bar Screen control panel

Influent flowmeter read-out

new ultrasonic doesn't have data logging capabilites. Data recorded on paper charts in lab building.

Grit removal basin

Oil sock in response to diesel spill containment. Aeration blowers are presently off to prevent stirring of fuel.

Grit removal

Pump station wet well

Wet well.

Level sensor leads need to be routed in conduit

Lift Station pumps

two 40 hp; one 25 hp; one 25 hp removed

Effluent clarifier

Former chlorine contact / dosing basin

Effluent Clarifier

Effluent

Effluent Wiers

Concrete settlement near effluent chamber

minor erosion due to runoff

effluent splitter box

Facia on chlorine building

Wood facia in need of painting (typ. through site).

North Wall Chlorine Building

North Wall Tertiary Filtration Building

Aerobic Digester

Digester Concrete

Typical spalling at aerobic digester. Extensive concrete failure.

Aerobic Digester

Digester Concrete / Gates

gate frames are largely inoperable due to concrete displacement.

Digester / Tertiary

Digester

Digester

Digester

Digester

Secondary Digester

Digester

Lab / Blower building

West overhead door / masonry crack at lintel.

South Wall Lab / Blower building

Secondary Clarifier

Secondary Clarifier

Secondary Clarifier

Secondary Clarifier

Secondary Clarifiers

Secondary Clarifier

minor paint touch-up required

Secondary Clarifier

Secondary Clarifier

Effluent trough from Aeration Basins to Secondary Clarifier

concrete settlement

Effluent Trough

Aeration Basins - North Wall

Grade settlement along north wall undermining walkway.

Primary Clarifier pump control / Mixing Aeration / Chem Feed Building

Aeration Basins

Aeration Basins

Air Line leak in north cell

South Cell - Aeration Basin

sludge holding in South Cell

Sludge holding

Empty Cell #2

Cell #2 Diffusers

Tree growing in transfer gate of Cell #2

EMC to remove this summer

Aeration Cells

Aeration Cells

Primary Clarifiers

fill, grade and reseed

Rehabbed South Primary Clarifier

South PC

Primary Clarifier

Power leads for South PC drive exposed

Wires to be place in trenched conduit from West Building

West Control / Chem Feed Building

Chem Feed Building

Blower intake at Chem Feed Building

Control Room @ Chem Feed Building

Mixing Blowers

Drive between PC's and Aeration Basins

Need add'l base rock and a seal coat

Primary Blowers in Lab / Blower Building

Blowers

Starter Panels - Replacing old drives with new VFD's through attrition

Old starter panels with new VFD's for blowers

Old Aquatrol status board in Lab

Board data displays non functioning. System obsolete; components not available. Recommend replacing with PC based SCADA control system.