Regional Water District
Master plan include the design and construction administration for phased development of a water distribution storage and treatment system. Within this project scope was a water treatment facility, two 500,000 gallon clearwells, 100 miles of distribution lines, and a 300,000-gallon water storage tank. The master plan lead to design and construction of a new $3.5 million 4 mgd ground water treatment plant. Design included 4 two-cell iron and maganese removal pressure filters, plant building, controls and piping, a 500,000-gallon clearwell, backwash holding tank, and red water sand filters. Funding was provided by an ARC Grant and OWDA.
This was the first water tank elevated on a concrete column in the state of Ohio. The design provides quick delivery and a low maintenance facility.
Cost: $20,000,000 Location: Adams County, Ohio
Village of Newcomerstown WWTP Improvements
Prime consultant for the design and construction of improvements needed for the treatment of a high strength wastewater tributary to the plant. The improvements consisted of a three (3) channel completed mix looped reactor type oxidation ditch, existing trickling filter modifications, one (1) circular final clarifier, return/waste activated sludge pumping, influent raw sewage pump modifications, two (2) circular glass-lined, 400,000 gallons each, steel aerobic sludge digestion tanks, modifications to the existing aerobic sludge digestion tanks, ultraviolet disinfection, belt filter press for sludge dewatering, miscellaneous site work and building additions. The new expanded plant will have an average day capacity of 1,250,000 gpd and a peak capacity of 3,750,000 gpd.
Cost: $6,000,000 Location: Newcomerstown, Ohio
Regional Water System
Poggemeyer Design Group, Inc. (PDG) was the prime consultant for the design and construction of a highly complex regional water transmission and distribution system in a seasonal resort area. The project consisted of a 6 mgd surface water coagulation sedimentation treatment plant (expandable to 18 mgd), low and high-service pumping, 150 miles of waterline ranging from 3” to 24” diameter, two 500,000-gallon elevated water storage towers, two 750,000-gallon clearwells, and a state-of-the-art monitoring system with particle counting for cryptosporidium and giardia. To meet a tight design schedule, the project was designed in the field, Construction coordination included 8 government regulatory agencies, 12,000 assessments, 9.300 parcels of land, meter pit installation for each parcel, acquisition of over 400 easements, and multiple grants and loans from 7 funding agencies. Over 1,100 sheets of construction drawings were developed.
The project was constructed simultaneously in three segments under 12 construction contracts with 11 prime contractors. Water service was maintained throughout construction requiring timely abandonment and connection to 130 privately-operated water systems and two public water systems. Although faced with a variety of challenges such as major river and stream crossings, rock excavation, adverse weather, contaminated soils, and the default of one contractor, the project was completed on time and within budget. The project was nationally recognized by the American Consulting Engineers Council and received an “Outstanding Achievement” award from the Consulting Engineers Council of Ohio.
Cost: $69,700,000 Location: Ottawa County, Ohio
Delta Water Treatment Plant
PDG Designs Ohio's First Integrated
Membrane Water Treatment Plant

The Village of Delta has begun operations of a new 1.2 MGD membrane water treatment facility. Cost of the approximately $5.7 million dollars plant will be paid for with water sales revenue. The project was financed with Ohio Water Development Authority Bonds.
The innovative treatment process is an integrated membrane plant and includes both low pressure and high pressure membranes. A year long pilot of the innovative process was conducted by PDG and the Village using the Village's raw water. After successful completion of the pilot project, the new innovative plant was designed and competitively bid. Construction of the plant took just over a year to complete, replacing the 75 year old water plant.
The Village had been forced in the past to issue several violation notices because of failure to meet current turbidity regulations. The Village now believes that the new plant will provide more potential to meet current and future regulations.
Based on past trends, PDG is of the opinion that a higher level of water regulations is highly probable, if not certain, and that innovative treatment should be at least considered in the planning process for future water treatment process improvements.
Location: Delta, Ohio

Cost: $5.7 Million
Water Treatment Plant
Prime consultant for design of a new and innovative water treatment plant. After a pilot study, the plant was designed to incorporate two 10-ft. diameter .565 mgd Culligan Multi-Tech carbon filtration units (expandable to four units) and one existing 8-ft. diameter .360 mgd filtration unit from the pilot study. The project also included raw water booster pumps, chemical feed equipment (alum, caustic soda, chlorine, polymer and fluoride), a 60x125 ft. pre-engineered wood frame building addition, and construction of a new chemical and bacteria laboratory. This was the first full-scale installation of the Multi-Tech equipment, pressure Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) units, and continuous particle-counting equipment in the State of Ohio. PDG received an Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA) Research and Development Grant and two additional grants for further research and documentation over a three-year period. PDG has several years of experience with this concept although it is unique in the State of Ohio.
Cost: $5,000,000 Location: Wellington, Ohio