WELLSVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT

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Intake

In 1981 serious erosion of the old Sinclair landfill and pollution of the river was discovered. This problem was placed on the "Superfund" list and given a high priority nationwide because of the threat to the water supply. New York State DEC, using funds supplied by ARCO, successor to Sinclair Refining Co. built a new intake, pump station and transmission line upstream of the refinery site. This intake was turned over to the Village in 1988.

View of the intake channel to the intake as well as partial view of the intake weir being constructed.	Driving the pilings in the Genesee River for the current intake.	The Genesee River can change instantly as shown here.
This is a view looking down into one of two pits at the intake. Each pit contains two pumps, (one 15 & one 25 hp).

    Treatment Plant

Construction began in June 1989 for the new treatment plant and it went in to service June 1990.  This plant has a 500,000 gallon clearwell. We have plenty of room for growth as we are currently operating 80 hours per week.

The old Water & Light plant. At one time we generated our own electricity and provided heat to the school, hospital and library through steam lines.	This view is of our current treatment plant, we went on line June 1990	Setting the filters in place before erecting the building. Each filter can filter 1 million gallons per day.	Constructing the new plant.	The clearwell, which holds 500,000 gallons allows our chemicals to have a minimum of a four hour contact time with the treated water before leaving the plant.

Reservoir

The steel reservoir was removed from service and demolished because of structural damage in the fall of 1997. The following three pictures show the demolition.        

Starting to demolish our 750,000 gallon reservoir.	Continuing demolition because of structural failure.	Nearing completion of the tank demolition. Our first new tank will be set just south of this site.

Old Open Reservoir Demolition

1916 - 2001

Draining the open 3 million gallon reservoir for the last time. 06/27/2001	Aerial view of our 3 million gallon open reservoir while our first Natgun reservoir is being constructed.	The rebar in the old reservoir walls 06/29/2001	Another view of the rebar in the walls of the old reservoir. 06/29/2001

   Construction of two Natgun reservoirs

04/01/01 - Two 2 million gallon reservoirs are now under construction by Natgun Corporation

Site for our first new reservoir - 04/04/2001	Pumping cement for the floor - 04/25/01	Stacking the side panels - 04/25/2001
Dome panel supports - 05/05/2001	Gap between side panels - 05/08/2001	Spraying the shotcrete on the upper parts - 05/15/2001
Putting on the primer coat - 06/05/2001	Dana on top of finished tank - 06/08/2001	Now ready for tank #2 - 07/20/2001
Crew pouring the floor - 08/01/2001	Flooding the floor after concrete poured - 08/01/2001	75% of the dome panels in place - 08/22/2001
Dome ring supports - 08/28/2001	Removing the inside scaffolding - 09/11/2001	Applying the last coat - 10/02/2001
Wall plaque installed on #2 tank

   10/02/01 - The last coat of paint has been applied. The access ladder, safety rails, top hatch and dome vent have been installed. NATGUN is done with the construction of #2 tank.

Landscaping around new Natgun reservoirs

Showing our 2nd tank from our 1st tank, during the backfill operation.	Backfilling around our 2nd reservoir.	Grading around the 2nd tank.	Finishing up the landscaping.	Another view of the final landscaping.

West State Street Bridge Demolition

The old state street bridge was demolished to make way for a new one. 05/15/01

Starting the demolish the old W. State St. Bridge.	The remaining bridge structure hitting the river.	The old W. State St. Bridge is down and ready to construct its replacement.

Building the new W. State St. Bridge

06/03/02 -  The ribbon has been cut and the new bridge is officially open after 364 days of being out of service.

Constructing the coffer dam, this holds out the water while the center support structure is being constructed.	Driving the pilings for the west side supports.	View inside the coffer dam of the piles that are driven in the river bottoom.	The west side support structure.	Setting the first beam.
All of the beams have been set.	The gas line is installed underneath.	The phone lines are installed underneath.	Close up of the rebar for this bridge.	After the bridge has been poured, it is now being grooved to assist in water runoff.
Finally, the bridge is officially opened.

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