Chesapeake Beach wastewater plant expected to qualify for Bay Restoration Fund grant; solids-handling contract must be rebid

Chesapeake Beach water reclamation staff reported that the town’s wastewater treatment plant met enhanced nutrient-removal targets in 2024 and should qualify for a fourth consecutive Bay Restoration Fund operations-and-maintenance grant, Town staff said at the council meeting.

The town’s water reclamation superintendent, identified in the meeting as Josh, told the council that the plant’s 2024 annual average discharge concentrations were 1.34 milligrams per liter for total nitrogen and 0.12 milligrams per liter for total phosphorus. He said those levels are below the enhanced nutrient-removal thresholds used by the Maryland Department of the Environment and that the plant should therefore qualify for the Bay Restoration Fund O&M grant program for a fourth year.

In a technical explanation to the council, Josh said the base grant calculation used by MDE is tied to…