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City of Geneva reports no violations in 2024 wastewater operations; plant below half capacity
Summary
A guest speaker told the City Council the wastewater treatment plant treated about 354 million gallons in 2024, averaged roughly 970,000 gallons per day and recorded one bypass event; the city is considering equipment upgrades.
A guest speaker reported to the City of Geneva Council that the municipal wastewater treatment plant processed about 354,000,000 gallons in 2024, an average of roughly 970,000 gallons per day, and remained under half of its 2,000,000-gallon-per-day rated capacity.
The speaker said the city was down from about 404,000,000 gallons treated in 2023 and that the plant had no regulatory violations in 2024. "We also had no violations in '24. We did have 1 bypass event last year," the speaker said, describing the bypass as tied to a heavy rain event that briefly inundated systems.
The speaker described planned equipment and technology updates, including investigation of a new camera system and other equipment to improve operations. The presentation noted an effort to prepare cycles to save replacement costs and said staff were exploring alternatives described as more economical for the city. "We are also looking at another possibility of getting horrible find. I'd like to find a use of winders to, they're out there. They're a little more economical for us in that regard," the speaker said (verbatim as spoken in the meeting transcript).
Council members asked no formal questions during the report and no official action was taken; the presentation was informational.
City staff indicated follow-up work will include reviewing equipment options and next steps for procurement and budgeting as part of capital planning.
