To upgrade and expand sustainable power for its plant that treats 3.2 million gallons of wastewater daily, the Great Neck Water Pollution Control District’s project team had a tall hurdle to clear—keeping the facility that serves 25,000 Long Island residents in operation throughout construction.
The multiprocess wastewater treatment plant in Great Neck, N.Y., has upgraded other features in the past, but the current $15-million project, which began in late 2018, will have an outsized impact—harnessing the facility’s normal operations to generate power for half of its total energy use.