Spanish Fork begins commissioning of new water reclamation plant; treated discharge scheduled

Spanish Fork City staff told the City Council on Sept. 2 that the new Spanish Fork Water Reclamation Facility has reached required biological targets and will begin routing treated effluent through its membrane filtration system beginning tomorrow, with contractors and vendor staff on site during the initial full-flow tests.

The plant’s operations team reported that total suspended solids in the biology tanks reached about 3,200 milligrams per liter — above the 3,000 mg/L target the project team set — which cleared the way to begin accepting a measured stream of sewage from 200 East and 247. Staff said the contractor has reached substantial completion but that final acceptance and turnover are expected later in the year after remaining frontage and landscaping work is finished.

Corey Pierce, who led the update,…