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Delhart operations manager reviews recent upgrades, peak flows and PFAS uncertainty
Summary
Delhart Operations General Manager Rob Manema told the Village of Hartland board the wastewater plant completed a 2024 biological phosphorus upgrade, is operating well within average design flows but saw a near-design peak during an August rain event; he cautioned that PFAS or stricter nutrient limits could drive costly future work.
Rob Manema, general manager for Delhart Operations, gave the Village of Hartland board a historical review and status update of the regional wastewater treatment plant that serves Hartland and neighboring municipalities. Manema said the plant completed a biological phosphorus upgrade in July 2024 and emphasized the upgrade’s operating and long-term cost benefits: “we spent 7,000,000” on the upgrade to avoid roughly “half a million dollars a year in chemical costs.”
Manema summarized the plant’s history and capacity: the original plant went online in 1980 with a 2.2 million gallons per day (MGD) design; a major expansion increased design flow to 3.23 MGD in 2005. He told the board current average flows are…
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