Page 7 - G. E. Booth Wastewater Treatment Plant

With the original G.E. Booth WWTP being built in
the 1950s, Glass explains that it has been expanded

or modified around 75 different times in its life.

“There’s always been active construction—it’s never
not been in a construction condition,” he says.

“What changes is - how intense that construction

actually is. This does make the site a little bit
more complicated just because you have all those

different historical designs on one site, as well
as being within the boundaries of two distinct

conservation offices.”

“The goal is to have diversification, or not one

singular system, especially at the Clarkson WWTP
where it uses a digestion system—converting

biosolids through the removal of viruses and

pathogens so it allows us to reuse the biosolids as

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