Auburn Corners WWTP Expansion
Director: Steven Oluic, PhD
This department reports to the County Commissioners
James W. Dvorak, Timothy C. Lennon, Ralph Spidalieri
Aquilla WWTP Upgrades
NAME: Aquilla WWTP Upgrades
TOWNSHIP: Claridon Township
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST: $1,500,000.00 estimated
CONSULTING ENGINEER: Geauga County Department of Water Resources
CONTRACTOR: TBD
FUNDING: Ohio Water Development Authority
SCOPE OF PROJECT: As a condition of the NPDES permit renewal in
2016, the county must upgrade/repair the Aquilla WWTP by March 1, 2021.
This will require the removal of sludge from the two lagoons, inspection of/
repair of/ replacement of the: (1) lagoon liners & clay beds if necessary,
(2) the aerators, and (3) the lagoon effluent land application system
(piping, pumps, and valves).
NAME: Chardon Twp WWTP & Sewer Project
TOWNSHIP: Chardon Township
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST: $5,100,000.00 (updated)
CONSULTING ENGINEER: GPD Group
CONTRACTOR: Trax Construction was lowest and best bid.
FUNDING: Special Assessments, loans via OPWC, and OEPA-WPCLF.
SCOPE OF PROJECT: Construction of a sanitary sewer system and
50,000 gpd wastewater treatment plant to service 113 households in
the Berkshire Heights subdivision, Chardon TWP. This project is the
result of the “Findings & Orders” issued by the Ohio EPA in February
2015 with a current deadline of 1/31/21.
Chardon Township Sewer Project
NAME: Auburn Corners WWTP Expansion and Troy Oaks Pump Station
TOWNSHIP: Troy Township & Auburn Township
ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST: $4,740,000.00
CONSULTING ENGINEER: GPD Group
CONTRACTOR: Workman Industrial Services
FUNDING: OPWC / WPCLF
SCOPE OF PROJECT: Replacement of the Troy Oaks WWTP
with an on-site pump station. Expand the Auburn Corners WWTP permitted
capacity of 149,000 gpd. This will include constructing a 160,000 gpd
package plant and converting the existing 124,000 gpd package plant
to a flow equalization basin, replacing the existing trash trap with a
manual bar screen, replacing the obsolete sand filters with disc filters,
installing a larger UV disinfection unit and upgrading the chemical feed
system. The existing forcemain connecting the Troy Oaks WWTP and
the Auburn Corners WWTP was completed under OEPA Application
No. 1030532.
Auburn WWTP Construction Pictures
Updated 9-28-2020