Sewer

Sewer is the common term that refers to wastewater. Wastewater combines grey water that results from washing (showering, bathing, washing machines, dishwashers, sinks/drains) and effluent flushed down the toilet. This wastewater is transported via a network of underground pipes to the wastewater treatment plant, where it is aerated, filtered, and disinfected. Wastewater is ultimately discharged back into the environment.

Sewer Services
Please contact the Village office to make arrangements for the following services:
Application for New Sewer Connection	Permanent Disconnection

Sewer Treatment - The Plant Components

Lift Station

The Village lift station is located at the Japanese Gardens along the waterfront walkway. The building is beautifully concealed by the garden design. Housed inside the building is an elaborate pumping system, which collects the wastewater from town and pumps it through a force main to the sewer treatment plant.

Mazerator - Solid Eating Machine

Aeration Tank

Lagoon Cell #1

Hexa-Covers

A common problem in sewer treatment facilities is algae blooms. Algae love to grow in sewer lagoons and flourish in the warm summer months when there is lots of sunshine. Algae depend upon the sun and the process of photosynthesis to survive. The floating lagoon is covered by plastic hexa-covers which prevent sunlight from penetrating the water surface and allowing the algae to grow.

Lagoon Cell #2

DAF Treatment Plant - Dissolved Air Floatation System

Interior of DAF treatment plant. There are a series to pipes winding around and through a large rectangualar structure.

Once most of the solids have settled out, a DAF treatment plant is used to remove organic solids. Alum and caustic soda are added to bind to organic materials. These particles then cling to fine bubbles and float to the surface. Squeegees are used to wipe the debris layer away, leaving clarified water. This water can then be treated with UV (Ultraviolet) light and chlorine.

Upon completion of the treatment process, the effluent will be pool-water quality and can be used to irrigate green spaces (reclaimed water) or, before chlorination, can be discharged into the lake through the deep water outflow pipe.

Reclaimed pipes/hydrants are purple, in order to distinguish them from domestic water pipes, which are blue.