Webster WPCF Construction Update Rick Kenealy – Webster Chief Operator Dwayne Hilfiker – Webster Asst. Chief Operator May 21, 2025
• Project History
WPCF Construction Update
• Preliminary Engineering Report – July 2021 • Project Design Kick Off Meeting – March 2022 • Completion of Design – October 2022 • Preliminary fairlife Conversations – November 2022 • Fairlife selection of Webster – March 2023 • Start of Construction – June 2023 • Completion of fairlife design package 1 – November 2023 • Completion of fairlife design package 2 – May 2024 • Ready for fairlife commitment date – August 30, 2025 • Completion of construction – July 9, 2026
• Aeration Control System (October 2025) • Placed in service February 2026 • Reduces Power Consumption • Operations control for permit compliance
• Aeration Blowers (June 2025) • Placed In service April 2026 • System reliability and redundancy (replaced 30 year old equipment) • Reduces Power Consumption
• Dryer and Dewatering • Dewatering Placed in Service November 2025 (May 2025) • Provides system reliability (replaced 30 year old equipment) • Provides reduction in biosolids tipping fees • Dryer Completed Performance Testing May 2026 (January 2026) • Provides reduction in biosolids tipping fees • Creates a potentially valuable fertilizer
• HSOW Receiving and Transfer (June 2025) • To be placed in service May 2026 • Provides revenue generation • Recuperative Thickening (November 2025) • To be placed in service June 2026 • Reduces operating cost • Increases revenue generation potential
• Ferric Chloride (October 2025) • To be placed in service June 2026 • System reliability and redundancy (replaced 20 year old equipment)
• RAS Pumps (October 25) • To be placed in service May 2026 • Necessary for full plant capacity at full fairlife flows
• New Equipment/Systems In Service
New Systems in Service
• Administration Building and lab • Underground Electrical Service • Influent Screens • Grit Removal • Primary Clarifiers and Primary Sludge Pumps • New Digester • Digester Boiler and Heat Exchanger • Flare and gas safety system • Gravity Thickeners
WPCF Construction
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