City accepts bid for UV disinfection wastewater system

GRUNDY CENTER – The Grundy Center water department will soon see required updates on the city’s wastewater treatment system after a decision from the Grundy Center city council on Monday night, which approved a bid for the installation of a new UV disinfection wastewater treatment system.
The new system will be installed by WRH Inc., a general construction contracting company based out of Amana, Iowa. WRH specializes in waste water treatment, water treatment plant, and heavy civil construction.
WHR will purchase and install the UV system for the city of Grundy Center at an estimated price of around $504,000, which is lower than initially expected by about $300,000, though still a hefty amount of money.
The notice for the required upgrade came in 2014, after the Iowa Department of Natural Resources imposed new e-coli bacteria standards on many waste water treatment plants in Iowa, including Grundy Center’s. The standards are aimed at preventing e-coli from entering waterways by killing the bacteria while it’s being processed at a waste water facility. In Grundy Center’s case, the bacteria will be killed with a UV radiation disinfection system; which many wastewater treatment facilities in Iowa have moved to using. 
For the full story, see the August 25 edition of The Grundy Register.

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