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Engineers report steady progress, temporary filtration at Gonzales wastewater plant; council hears update
Summary
MSS Engineers told the Gonzales City Council the plant is averaging about 1.1 MGD influent and staff have implemented temporary filtration, basin rehabilitation and bioaugmentation; Basin D is expected back in service by Friday and $450,000 of an emergency $1.5 million authorization has been spent.
Megan of MSS Engineers, presenting remotely to the Gonzales City Council on Jan. 20, said the industrial wastewater treatment plant is currently averaging an influent flow of about 1.1 million gallons per day, down from roughly 1.2 MGD at the last meeting. She told the council staff focused on influent flow management, effluent quality and aging infrastructure and said the team has been working with significant industrial users to limit flows.
Megan described a set of near-term steps the city has already taken: cleaning and rehabilitating infiltration basins, creating two new basins in flood-prone areas, pumping down Basin D and sending standing water to Treatment Pond No. 2, and setting up a…
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