City of Rochester
Waste Water Treatment Facility
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Class III
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Trickling Filter Plant
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With vacuum system around Lake Manitou
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Twelve lift station throughout town
610
Monticello Road 574-223-3485
7:00 AM—3:30 PM
For
emergency assistance after hours or weekends call 574-835-3215
Department
Head
Elizabeth
Nicklaus: Class II, Class A Certification
Certified
Operator in Charge, Assistant Department Head
Warren
Lease: Class III, Class A Certification
Lab
Cyndi
Thomas
Tina Nickell
Plant
Operation/ Maintenance
John
Lee
Collections
Pat
Foster: Class I
Kent Carlson
Part-time
Plant/ Collections
Brad
Smiley
Our
goal
ü
To protect the receiving waters of Indiana and our environment
ü
To educate the public: wastewater after being processed is used to
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Irrigate fields
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Irrigate golf courses
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Some Cities recycle for Municipal Water Departments
Our
Finished Product
Also
referred to as Bio Solids
There are two grade qualifications depending on the extent of treatment:
v
Class A Sludge: Can be sold directly to landscapers or the public, it is
found in different brands of potting soil.
v
Class B Sludge: Is not qualified for selling. It must be land applied,
taken to landfill, or hauled to a receiving station.
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Rochester is on of three “Trickling Filter Plants” in The State of
Indiana.
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Rochester Wastewater is capable of handling 1.54 Million Gallons of Flow
per day.
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Rochester Wastewater produces Class B Sludge that is land applied.
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The Lift Stations raise the sewage up from one depth to the next till the
place is reached for continuous flowing to the treatment facility.
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The City of Rochester’s sewer and storm drains are not combined for
easier maintenance of these systems.
v
The Wastewater Plant does the maintenance and cleaning of both sewer and
storm drains with the use of two Vactor trucks used for each specific job.
E-mail WasteWater@Rochester.IN.US
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