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EXPERIENCE Village of Akron Wastewater Treatment Facility Upgrades GRANT FUNDED Location: Akron, NY To comply with updated NYSDEC discharge permits, Client: Village of Akron CPL conducted a disinfection study and secured Completion Date: 2023 $450,945 in grant funding through the Water Quality Improvement Project (WQIP) program. A UV disinfection system was selected to eliminate chemical CPL was engaged to evaluate the Village of Akron’s costs and the need for dechlorination. Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) and determine cost-effective upgrade options. A preliminary After a critical failure in 2018, the aging RBC system engineering study was completed, and CPL helped was replaced in Phase 1. Phase 2 included a new secure $1.49 million in grant funding and a 30-year 0% headworks building, UV disinfection, HVAC and roofing interest loan through the Clean Water State Revolving improvements, new digester system, screw pumps, Fund (CWSRF) to implement the improvements. site lighting, and a waste gas burn-off system. Originally built in 1964 and upgraded in 1986, the facility remains well-maintained but requires modernization. Key upgrades include a new headworks facility with a mechanical bar screen, hydrodynamic grit separator, and flume flow meter to improve treatment reliability. Anaerobic digesters will receive new covers and a mixing system to address biogas leaks, and the screw pumps and equalization basin mixer will be upgraded. 25 Page 95 of 301