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: $4,510,000.00
CONSULTING ENGINEER: GPD Group
CONTRACTOR: Bid book in preparation
FUNDING: Special Assessments, loans from OWDA, OPWC, and or OEPA.
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 in Chardon TWP. This project is the
result of the “Findings & Orders” issued by the Ohio EPA in February 2015
with a deadline of January 2021.
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.
