Department Manager:
Kevin Johnson, 303-674-5694
The Evergreen Metro District wastewater department handles and treats the sewage in the Evergreen Metro, West Jefferson, and Kittredge Districts. The Wastewater Division is comprised of Treatment Plant Operations and Maintenance Operations. The Division operates and maintains three wastewater treatment plants, eleven pump stations, and approximately 300 miles of sewer lines. Operations of the treatment plants consist of sampling and testing, monitoring, evaluating and adjusting processes and equipment to meet discharge permit limits mandated by State and Federal regulations. Treatment Plant and Pump Station operations are monitored by SCADA computer technologies.
How is wastewater treated?
Wastewater treatment involves several complex processes to transform incoming wastewater into clean effluent discharged into Bear Creek. The processes include physical, mechanical, biological, and chemical methods in a specific sequence to separate solids from liquid, breakdown organic material, and disinfect the remaining water prior to discharge. Waste materials (sludge) are aerobically treated to produce a material that is periodically disposed of by land application. The processes are constantly operating as wastewater continually flows into, through, and out of the treatment plant.