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Brush Run
Water Pollution Control Plant

The current plant, rated to treat 2.0 million gallons per day (MGD) of sewage, expanded and upgraded the original plant, which was constructed in 1964. The new Brush Run plant was constructed a cost of $8.8 million. The plant is designed to accommodate the growth in customers through the year 2010. The plant is designed to be easily expanded to treat 3.0 MGD with minimal investment. Several components are already sized to treat the additional flow. Since being placed into full operation in 1995, the plant's discharge has met its NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) Permit limits 100% of the time. Actual pollutants discharged relative to permitted limits:

Treatment Plant Performance
Parameter 2003 Annual Average NPDES Permit Limits
Flow 1.3 MGD 2.0 MGD
CBOD5
(Biochemical Oxygen Demand)		 5.0 mg/l
(milligrams per liter)1

Summer - 20 mg/l
Winter - 25 mg/l
Suspended Solids 11.0 mg/l 30 mg/l
Ammonia Nitrogen 0.3 mg/l Summer - 2.0 mg/l
Winter - 4.5 mg/l
TRC (Total Residual Chlorine) 0.02 mg/l 0.05 mg/l

1 One milligram per liter is equal to 1 cent in $10,000

This plant is constantly monitored by a combination of personnel and a SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) System. This system notifies staff automatically of any problems or failures. Click Here for the Treatment Process.