Glasgow Water Company

Waste Water Treatment Facility
The Glasgow Wastewater Treatment Plant was built in 1962, with an addition to the plant in 1975. Currently, we are providing service for approximately 5400 household, industrial and commercial customers. The plant is designed to treat 4.0 million gallons per day. The average flow at the plant has been approximately 1.800 mgd with flows up to 5.5 mgd during rain events. The plant has primary settling tanks, activated sludge treatment and anaerobic treatment. The next stage of treatment includes clarifiers and up-flow sand filters being the tertiary treatment for this facility, the final treatment at this facility is chlorination to remove pathogens. There is then the addition of sulfur dioxide to neutralize the chlorine so that there is no discharge of chlorine to the receiving stream. The sludge produced by this plant is managed by both landfilling and landfarming. Landfarming actually is a "recycle" type operation where the sludge is applied on fields of fescue crops. The Glasgow Water Company has 62 acres of land contracted with a local farmer to perform this operation. The farmer then cuts and sells the fescue to other local farmers. This facility is in compliance with all permit regulations with average removal efficiency of 98% of conventional pollutants. There are six employees at the plant. Their State Certification levels are three Class IV operators, one Class III operator, one Class II operator and an Operator Trainee.

Front Row, Left to Right: Gary Edmunds, Ronnie Poynter, Laurie Berry
Back Row, Left to Right: Karl Wood, Larry Estes, David Huffman

Aereation Basins Heart of the treatment; Microorganisms are fed and given oxygen that will make them consume pollutants.	Biosolids Removal Truck Our facility produces a by-product from the process of wastewater treatment. This by-product, biosolids, are used as an agricultural aid and are spread on local farm fields that fescue is harvested from.
Upflow Sand Filters One of the last stages of treatment. They are a "polishing" process that makes our final discharge contain less solids.	Chlorine Contact Chamber Our final tank in the process. We inject chlorine for pathological disinfection at the front of the tank. At the end of the tank we inject sulfur dioxide, which neutralizes the chlorine.

Online Forms
Industrial User Application Permit
Sewer Use Ordinace #1948

Important Links
US Environmental Protection Agency