New Design Road Water Treatment Plant Expansion

Fru-Con began work on the New Design Road Water Treatment Plant in January 2008 after winning a $73 million contract award from Frederick County to expand plant capacity from 8.8 million gallons per day (MGD) to 25 MGD. The project will be delivered in phases, with the new wing of the plant slated for commissioning in January 2010, followed by total completion in mid 2010. The Fru-Con team is working in close collaboration with members of the Department of Engineering and Planning within Frederick County's Division of Utilities and Solid Waste Management to achieve the project goals.

Fru-Con is building or installing a new pre-sedimentation basin system, rapid mixers, three flocculation basins, three new sedimentation basins, six filters, four filter effluent pumps, a UV disinfection system, a new chemical feed system and residuals building, a 1.3-million gallon storage water tank and a new high service pumping facility. It also is upgrading the existing plant and installing a new backup power generation system.