NINE MILLION New York City residents are depending on Welsbach Electric to meet a critical April milestone at the Catskill/Delaware Ultraviolet Disinfection Facility now under construction in Westchester County, north of the city.
The Queens, N.Y.-based electrical contractor is charged with powering up the $1.4-billion New York City Dept. of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) project. With a capacity of 2 billion gallons per day, the Cat/Del project will be the world’s largest UV facility when fully operational in October 2012 and will deliver 90% of the city’s drinking water.