Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ AquaNereda® Aerobic Granular Sludge technology has been selected for the new $39 million South Sioux City wastewater treatment facility.
The plant will treat South Sioux City’s industrial waste and could be expanded to treat waste from other Sioux City metro communities in the future. All wastewater from South Sioux City and several neighbouring communities is currently treated at Sioux City’s regional wastewater treatment plant.
The new plant will ease the growing burden on Sioux City’s plant and leave both facilities with adequate capacity to treat the metro area’s wastewater flows.
Construction of the plant, which will be built next to the Missouri River, is expected to be underway by late summer and the facility is expected to be mostly complete by summer of 2023 and started up by autumn 2023.
Other key partners in the project are John T. Jones Construction (Fargo, ND) and design engineering firm HDR, Inc. (Omaha, NE).
A variety of industries have significant manufacturing operations in the area, including meat processing, packaged food manufacturing, food and beverage and others. As such, the plant influent is comprised of majority industrial flows. The AquaNereda system is designed to treat two million gallons per day and achieve a high-level of organic and ammonia removal. The overall plant process also includes anaerobic pre-treatment, disinfection and aerobic sludge digestion.
Aqua-Aerobic Systems’ Vice President – Process Group, James Horton said: “The South Sioux City project is tremendously exciting for everyone on the AquaNereda team. It represents another milestone in the widespread acceptance of the AquaNereda technology in North America and adds to the growing installation base currently in Colorado, Alabama, Illinois, Hawaii, Montana, Oklahoma, along with over 200 active projects throughout the USA and Canada. Given that the first Nereda plant began operation in an industrial setting over 15 years ago overseas, this state-of-the-art facility will further underscore the power of the technology to many prospective end-users here in North America.”
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