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Taneytown hears engineering briefing on wastewater compliance, water-loss improvements; council approves Memorial Drive design
Summary
City engineering consultant CDM Smith told the Taneytown mayor and council on June 9 that wastewater treatment upgrades and collection-system repairs have brought the plant into compliance with state nutrient limits; council voted to award design and construction services for a 2,500-foot Memorial Drive water-main replacement.
Brian Lubinow of engineering firm CDM Smith told the Taneytown mayor and city council on June 9 that the city’s wastewater plant and water-distribution system have seen measurable improvement after a series of upgrades and collection-system repairs. The council also approved moving forward with design and construction services for the Memorial Drive water-main replacement.
The presentation summarized work the firm has done for the city over decades and focused on two priorities: meeting the state’s enhanced nutrient removal requirements at the wastewater treatment plant, and reducing nonrevenue water in the city’s drinking distribution system. “One of the major upgrades was to go to ENR, Enhanced Nutrient Removal,” Lubinow said, noting the plant’s limits — a total nitrogen ceiling of 4 milligrams per liter and…
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