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Potsdam plans March or April ground-breaking for $3 million wastewater treatment plant project

Posted 1/14/18

By CRAIG FREILICH POTSDAM -- The village’s wastewater treatment plant upgrade project will likely break ground in March or April for major portions of the $3 million project. Village Administrator …

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Potsdam plans March or April ground-breaking for $3 million wastewater treatment plant project

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By CRAIG FREILICH

POTSDAM -- The village’s wastewater treatment plant upgrade project will likely break ground in March or April for major portions of the $3 million project.

Village Administrator Greg Thompson told trustees at the village board meeting Monday that he has received a “notice to proceed” and contractors will probably start on some smaller aspects of the job before the spring.

Three contractors will handle the bulk of the work. Heron Construction Co. LLC, based in Virginia with an office in Jordan, N.Y., is general contractor; heating and ventilating contractor is Burns Bros. Contractors of Syracuse, with a Potsdam office; and Watson Electric of Norwood will handle electrical aspects of the job.

The work is expected to be finished by May 2019, with the addition of a typical 45-day period where final inspections and construction details will be finished.

The original wastewater treatment plant goes back to 1970. Many of the systems in the plant are outdated and in poor condition. Some elements, such as the grit removal, aeration and digester systems, are 45 years old. The last major upgrade was in 1997.