City begins sewer overflow
plan
By Heather Mangold
City
Editor
A long-term plan to control sewer overflow into
the Wabash River is progressively underway.
The dedication of a new lift station in West Lafayette
on Wednesday signified the end to a water treatment project that will
enhance the success of that plan.
The completion of the new lift station presented
the last of a three-step project, which has allowed for the development
in the Levee and in Wabash Landing.
"None of the construction in the Levee could have
taken place without all three of those phases," said Mayor Sonya Margerum.
The first phase of the project involved the construction
of a large intercept sewer, which was put in place while the U.S. 231
project was underway. The large interceptor carries water from the recently
dedicated lift station to the wastewater treatment plant on South River
Road.
The second phase of the project included the implementation
of all the utilities for Wabash Landing.
The third phase was the completion and dedication
of the lift station where all wastewater is carried and is then pumped
into the main interceptor on South River Road.
All together, the project costs totaled approximately
$12 million.
The next step in the long-term plan to prevent
sewer overflow from entering the Wabash River is the current construction
of a wet weather facility near the wastewater treatment plant. The facility
is designed to capture overflow, process it, treat it and release it
into the river.
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