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title: Case Study | Wastewater Utility Needed Total Renovation for Continued Service
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CASE STUDY / EXTENSIVE PUMP STATION RENOVATION

# WASTEWATER UTILITY NEEDED TOTAL RENOVATION FOR CONTINUED SERVICE

The Faraon Street Pump Station in St. Joseph, Missouri, required a solution to extend the life of the facility for a projected 20-year planning period of growth in the community. The station’s aging infrastructure needed extensive upgrades to keep the facility operational.

 

# 20

YEAR EXTENDED FACILITY USE LIFE

 

# 52

FOOT DEEP WET WELL STRUCTURE

### PROJECT STATS

CLIENT  
City of St. Joseph, Missouri

LOCATION  
St. Joseph, Missouri

COMPLETION DATE  
Winter 2014

### CHALLENGE

The City of St. Joseph, Missouri, had highlighted its eastside wastewater service area as a place for potential economic and future growth. The Faraon Street Pump Station keeps wastewater flowing from the eastside area and was in need of significant upgrades to continue providing reliable services.

With projected growth in the area, the city needed a solution that was both cost-effective and would allow continued wastewater services for a projected 20 years. A detailed eastside materplan called for the Faraon Street Pump Station to be decommissioned and construction of an eastside wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) to begin. The total cost of decommissioning the pump station, building a new WWTP and associated gravity sewers was estimated to cost approximately $155 million. A more cost-effective solution was desired by the City of St. Joseph.

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