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Waste Water Treatment Facility, 610 Monticello Road

City of Rochester

Waste Water Treatment Facility

A Class III trickling filter plant with a vacuum system around Lake Manitou and

12 lift stations throughout town.

610 Monticello Road Rochester, IN 46975
Phone: 574.223.3485

Wastewater@Rochester.IN.US

Monday-Friday 7:00am to 3:30pm
For emergency assistance after hours or on weekends, please call 574.835.3215.

Meet the Staff

Operations Manager      Warren Lease, (Class IV/ Class A Certification)
Plant Foreman      Pat Foster (Class I)
Office Manager, IT Director, Backflush Pond Operator    Cyndi Johnson (Class I, Class A)

Plant Operations/ Maintenance      Kent Carlson (Class I), John Lee (Class I)
Lab      Elizabeth Nicklaus (Class III/ Class A Certification), Melissa Keller
Collections      Pat Foster (Class I), Jason Brown
Part-Time Plant/ Collections      Brad Smiley

OUR GOAL

To protect the receiving waters of Indiana and our environment.

To educate the public: after being processed, wastewater is used to irrigate fields and golf courses; some cities recycle for Municipal Water Departments.

Our Finished Product (Bio Solids):

There are two grade qualifications depending on the extent of treatment:

Class A Sludge: Can be sold directly to landscapers or the public; found in different brands of potting soil.

Class B Sludge: Is not qualified for selling; must be land applied, taken to a landfill, or hauled to a receiving station.

Rochester Wastewater produces Class B sludge that is land applied or land filled.

What Makes Rochester Waste Water Treatment Facility Unique?

Rochester is one of three "Trickling Filter Plants" in the state of Indiana.

Rochester Wastewater is capable of handling 1.54 million gallons of flow per day.

The lift stations raise the sewage up from one depth to the next until the place is reached for continuous flowing to the treatment facility.

The city of Rochester's sewer and storm drains are not combined for easier maintenance of these systems.

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.

Recent Updates

Since 2009, numerous improvements have concluded on the plant, lift station, and equipment, including:

- a pole building built over trickling filters to prevent ice buildup to keep the plant in compliance

- new VFD systems on all plant pumps, and all plant pumps being completely rebuilt

- VFW lift station entirely rebuilt

- new VFD drives on the Sweetgum, 8th Street, and Schoolview lift stations

- 2 new pumps on the Sweetgum lift station

- all of the pumps on the 8th Street and Schoolview lift stations were rebuilt

- rebuilding of one vactor by putting on a new debris tank and 2 new water tanks

Rochester Waste Water Treatment Facility 610 Monticello Road Rochester, IN 46975 Phone: 574.223.3485