Jonathan Elementary WWTP Replacement

Benton, Kentucky – Marshall County

Jonathan Elementary School, in Benton, Kentucky, required a new wastewater treatment (WWT) plant. The prior WWT plant had been designed for 6,000 gallons per day which was insufficient after deterioration and had several violations. Bacon Farmer Workman (BFW) solved this by demolishing the old plant and installing a new WWT plant that could handle up to 7,500 gallons per day of domestic sewage with tank volumes based on a 7,500 gallon per day plant. The new wastewater treatment plant was designed to only serve the elementary school with approximately 300 students and staff. To ensure the longevity of the plant, the new WWT plant was designed on an activated sludge process of extended aeration and out of materials that are not affected by the corrosive action of the sewage such as:

• Pre-cast concrete sewage treatment plant
• Pre-cast concrete tanks
• Stainless-steel piping
• Hot dipped galvanized and schedule 80 PVC
• Fiberglass blower housings
• Stainless control panel
• Aluminum and stainless-steel submerged weirs, baffles, and miscellaneous metal items
• Industrial hot dipped galvanized or aluminum bar grating

In addition, the new plant is near the old plant, so it can utilize the same discharge point. BFW is proud to have increased the capability of the Jonathan Elementary School and to have removed a hazardous, insufficient WWT plant.