Water System Improvements

The City of Waukegan retained Baxter & Woodman/Boller to complete an $8.8 million upgrade at its 20 MGD Lake Michigan surface water treatment plant. This involved the complete reconstruction of 10 gravity filters, including:

• New electrically-actuated inlet gates
• New backwash troughs
• New sand and anthracite filter media
• Replacement of old surface wash system with new airwash system
• New underdrain system
• New backwash supply and bashwash waste valves and electrically-actuated valves

It also involved the complete replacement of chemical treatment equipment, including:

• New alum chemical storage tanks, day tank, transfer pump, four new peristaltic pumps, and controls
• New polymer chemical feed skid
• New fluoride chemical storage tanks, day tank, transfer pump, two new peristaltic pumps, and controls