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Rome’s Water Filtration’s ultraviolet filtration system – Hookup may cause low pressure, discolored water for some

Romes Sentinel BY STEVE JONES Staff writer The city’s water filtration plant on Stokes-Lee Center Road in the Town of Lee will close water valves on the large reservoir Friday and Tuesday in order to connect the new ultraviolet disinfection building to the distribution system. Customers in north Rome may experience low water pressure and…

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Environmental Project of the Year City of Rome Water Filtration Plant Improvements Project

The City of Rome’s Water Filtration Plant consists of nine pre-engineered (packaged) filtration units in steel tanks, with a total capacity of 18 MGD. When the plant was constructed in 1987, it reportedly saved the City $11 million as compared to a conventional treatment plant. The filter units had aged, corroded, reduced in performance, and…

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City of Rome Water Pollution Control Facility Primary Settling Tank Rehabilitation Project Environmental Project of the year

The City of Rome Water Pollution Control Facility Primary Settling Tank Rehabilitation Project involved repairing existing concrete primary tanks that were constructed in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Portions of the tanks were in poor condition with cracks and concrete spalls. In 2013, the City hired CDM Smith to structurally evaluate the primary settling tanks and…

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