By Nancy Peckenham
Work is set to begin in May on a water filtration plant in the town of Newburgh following approval this month of $16.1 million in construction contracts. The plant will treat water drawn from the Delaware Aqueduct, which is owned by New York City.
Once completed, the facility will bring the water supply into compliance with the Safe Water Drinking Act. In 2008, the town settled a federal lawsuit and paid a $100,000 fine while agreeing to build the new plant. It is expected to be operational by June 2013 and, according to town supervisor Wayne Booth, is expected to meet the water supply needs of the Town for the next twenty years. The town of Newburgh provides water to 23,000 customers in the town and in neighboring Marlborough.
The proposed new plant will utilize membrane filter technology to minimize the formation of disinfection by-products.
The contract for general construction work at the new water treatment plant was awarded to Worth Construction Company of Bethel, Connecticut, in the amount of $12,181,000. The contract for electrical work and instrumentation was awarded to Roundout Electric Incorporated of Poughkeepsie in the amount of $2,964,544. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning contract was awarded to S & O Construction Services of Pleasant Valley, New York for $706,290, and plumbing was awarded to S & L Plumbing and Heating Corp. of Brewster, New York.
In addition to the work on a new water treatment plant at the Delaware Aqueduct, the Town recently completed the installation of a new manganese treatment system at its Chadwick Lake Filter Plant at a cost of approximately $2,100,000. Manganese is a mineral that when combined with chlorine forms a compound known as manganese dioxide. Town officials report that there are no health effects associated with manganese dioxide, but because it discolors water, it results in water quality complaints.
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