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City receives progress report as wastewater plant rehabilitation approaches completion
Summary
Trotter & Associates updated the Batavia City Council on the wastewater treatment plant rehabilitation: roughly $42 million spent, 69% scheduled progress and critical final testing expected before seasonal completion targets.
The Batavia City Council received an update on Aug. 18 on the city's wastewater treatment plant rehabilitation project, with consultant Jerry Ruth of Trotter & Associates reporting major systems are in place and contractors are completing final wiring and punch-list work.
The project matters because it replaces aging treatment infrastructure and will change how the plant handles flow and solids before final completion. Ruth said contractors have advanced electrical and HVAC work and made the final influent pipe connection to the new headworks, allowing temporary bypasses and staged activation of new equipment.
Ruth told the council, "This is your update for August for our project at the wastewater plant." He said primary clarifiers were operational enough to support bypassing flow during tie-ins and that crews are preparing sites for pavement and sidewalk restoration. He described additional protective coatings placed inside diversion structures and noted final controls work is still critical.
Officials discussed site access and the temporary impacts on the river trail and bike path during pipeline work. A councilmember asked whether the bike path remained closed; Ruth said it should not be closed now. Another councilmember noted other municipalities are watching Batavia's work as an example of modern treatment-plant upgrades.
Ruth provided a brief cost and schedule snapshot: about $42,000,000 has been spent to date, scheduled progress sits at 69%, and cost progress at 95 percent. He said no change orders were processed this month and none were expected for the coming month; the next likely change-order notice would appear in October. He added that the contractor adjusted the headworks late finish toward December, moving the project's late finish slightly later while keeping an early finish also within a shortened lead window.
There was no formal council action on the presentation. Staff and the consultant will continue monthly updates as the plant moves through final systems startup and punch-list completion.
A separate public comment thanked contractors and staff for the limited change orders and strong project oversight; council members praised the utility and construction teams for minimizing surprises.
Looking ahead, Ruth and staff said they expect continued emphasis on commissioning, controls and safety verifications before the plant is placed into full service.
