—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31,1971
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Victor F. Weaver Announces Plans to Build $1 Million Sewage Plant
Victor F. Weaver, Inc. re
cently filed notice of its inten
tion to apply for a permit to
treat and discharge industrial
wastes.
This action is in conjunction
with the company’s master plan
to build a third stage water
treatment facility which will
process all plant waste water
into a purified state for dis
charge directly into Mill Creek.
The new facility, incorpora
ting the second stage facilities
already under construction on
South Custer Avenue below
Denver Wood Products, Inc.,
will be designed to handle one
and a half million gallons of
waste water daily and will be
built in such a way that future
expansion would be possible.
The company’s present dis
charge is 850,000 gallons per
day. -
The plant will also be design
ed with a degree of exterior
eye appeal and the grounds ap
propriately landscaped. The
total cost of the entire water
treatment project is to exceed
$1 million.
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Third Stage (tertiary) water
treatment is the most sophisti
cated form of water treatment
available and a comparatively
new application to pollution
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Editor’s Note: We have reported that waste disposal
is not just a farm problem, but is increasingly a problem
for everyone as production of livestock and goods expands
to meet higher standards of living.
One of the more highly publicized waste problems
locally in recent years has been the one involving New Hol
land borough, some local industries and nearby Mill Creek.
In the adjoining statement, Victor F. Weaver, Inc.,
New Holland agri-business firm, explains its plans to spend
more than $1 million to take care of its own waste prob
lems. At the same time, the project would help solve the
borough’s problems at no cost to the taxpayer, according to
Weaver. >
control. The process as it will
be applied at Weaver’s facilities
is as follows:
Waste water discharged by
the company is carried via pipe
lines to the water treatment
plant.
Through the use of pumps,
air bubbles force grease and fat
to the water’s surface. Once
surfaced, the fats and grease
are removed by skimmers and
discharged into a disposal area
to be hauled away.
The water, now through the
primary screening process, en
ters a wet wall where the water
is pumped through the continu
ous treatment facilities or sent
into a storage tank where it will
be held until the peak process
ing time diminishes.
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Water, which continues
through the process, enters a
chemical injection mixing
chamber where it is subjected
to various chemical solutions.
These various chemicals com
bine with the solids causing
them to coagulate, and rise to
the surface of the water in the
flotation tanks.
The water is then discharged
into aeration chambers where
it is in contact with air for
eight hours, causing more
solids to be extracted. A final
screening process eliminates
any solids still remaining, after
which chlorine is added to the
water.
The water is now pure
enough for cattle to drink and
fish to live in, and is ready for
discharging into Mill Creek.
Through the treatment in
these facilities, the biological
oxygen level (8.0. D.) will
diminish from a raw sewage
count of 1,000 upon entering to
a 8.0. D. level of 10 when dis
charged into the creek.
These figures are significant
since the higher the 8.0. D.
level, the lower the oxygen con
tent in the water.
Why Build Facility?
In announcing this project,
company officials cited two ma
jor reasons for their decision
to apply for a permit to treat
and discharge industrial waste
and construct a complete water
treatment facility.
1 Weaver alone is present
ly feeding approximately 850,-
000 gallons of waste water per
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day into the (New Holland)
borough’s treatment plant,
which has a designed capacity
of 900,000 gallons per day. If
the company were to stay in
the borough system, future
plans for company expansion
would be stunted and could dot
be considered for a period of at
least two to three years.
2 The substantial cost fac
tor involved in enlarging or
building a new borough water
treatment facility ’ would re
quire additional monies from
already tax-burdened citizens.
Even with such monies on
hand, the project could not be
completed before 1973.
Weaver is currently in the
process of building a pre-treat
ment facility designed to eli
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minate initial water treatment
burdens. By continuing this
project and including the build
ing of a tertiary water treat
ment system, Weaver would
provide the borough with full
"relief by early 1972, or at least
one year earlier than if they
(the borough) were to conduct
such a building program.
In weighii|g these factors and
its sense of civic responsibility
to the surrounding community.
Weaver has thus charted its
course, and has filed for per
mission to treat and discharge
industrial wastes, the company
explained.
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