City of Boone Water Pollution Control Facility

Roy Martin - Utilities Superintendent

Dave Mozena - Asst. Superintendent

Carl Schroeder - Operator/Lab Tech

Bob Jones - Operator

Mark Ellsbury - Operator

Phone Number:  (515) 432-4433

Fax:  (515)433-0616

E-Mail: rmartin@city.boone.ia.us

City of Boone Water Pollution Control Facility

State of Iowa - IDNR - #08-19-0-01

General Description:

The City of Boone has a Vertical Loop Reactor (VLR) activated sludge wastewater treatment plant consructed in 1994-1996.  This facility is classified as a Grade IV Treatment Plant and consists of the following units:

1.Traveling bar fine - screening

2.12" and 36" parshall flumes with sonic head flow sensor

3.Two 20,000 gallon capacity aerated grit chambers

4.Four VLR activated sludge aeration basin

5.Two 110 ft. final clarifiers

6.Post aeration basin

7.Four aerobic digesters

8.One 2 meter belt filter press

Receiving Stream:  Honey Creek, tributary to Des Moines River

Design Capacity:

1.7.0 MGD

2.4,000 lbs/day of BOD

3.4,500 lbs/day of TSS

4.600 lbs/day of NH3-N

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