Newburgh Celebrates the Completion of Their New Wastewater Facility

After five years of planning and anticipation, the new Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Town of Newburgh is officially up and running. This state-of-the art facility is in a class of its own and setting the pace for other utilities across the nation. Designed to use ultraviolet lights to treat sewage, instead of the common chlorine, the new facility is not only saving the Town money, it is nearly eliminating the wastewater's odor through the installation of the Barometric Loop. New to the US, the Barometric Loop uses air and coiled pipes to eliminate the wastewater's odor. At this time, the Barometric Loop can be found in only one other location...Australia.

Now complete and on-line, the new $23 million Wastewater Treatment Pant is capable of handling nearly 8 million gallons of sewage per day; almost double of its original capacity of 4.6 million gallons per day.

The Town is an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) recipient, with the awarding of a $5 million grant.

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