MIAWWA YPs and MWEA NPs Holiday Tour and Mixer

Schedule:

MSU Water Treatment Facility Tour:  2pm - 2:45pm

East Lansing Water Resource Recovery Facility: 3pm - 4:15pm

Crunchy's Mixer: 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Limited Availability of 30 for the tours - Mixer is not limited. 

(if you are unable to attend please contact MWEA so the spot can be offered to someone else)

Closed toed shoes are REQUIRED for the tours.
*Parking is limited, please carpool if possible*

• TOUR 1: MSU Water Treatment Facility

1347 Recycling Drive East Lansing, MI 48823

(Next to the water tower. Security must have you on the list.)

MSU WTP: MSU’s Drinking Water Treatment Plant is classified as partial treatment. Meaning the process is Iron, Manganese, and Radium removal. This removal is achieved by oxidation of these contaminants by injecting Hydrous Manganese Oxide/HMO with Sodium Hypochlorite. HMO absorbs approximately 90-95% of the Radium. Once the oxidation process begins, water is introduced to the filter through a bed of anthracite and gravel. Post filter water is treated for disinfection, Fluoride and anti-corrosion ortho/poly phosphate and sent to the distribution system.
 

• TOUR 2: East Lansing WRRF

1700 Trowbridge Road, East Lansing, MI 48823 (located on the on/off ramps to I-496)

East Lansing WRRF: The Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) is an activated sludge/tertiary filtration plant that processes 18.75 million gallons per day. Trained professionals are working 24 hours a day at the WRRF to protect the State’s water resources. Pollutants are removed from the waste stream through a combination of biological, physical and chemical processes. Wastewater is screened by mechanical bar screens, passes through a grit removal system, and flows into rectangular primary settling tanks or may be diverted to the equalization tank for temporary storage.  The primary effluent then flows into aeration tanks where it is mixed with return activated sludge for biological treatment.  Ferric Chloride is added to the effluent from the aeration tanks prior to secondary clarification for phosphorus removal.  The secondary clarifier effluent flows through tertiary sand filters for removal of fine solids and an ultraviolet (UV) disinfection system prior to reaeration and discharge to the Red Cedar River. Biosolids generated during the treatment process are thickened, stabilized in an anaerobic digester, and dewatered using screw presses prior to landfill disposal. More than 40 tons of bio-solids are disposed at the plant per day. 

• Crunchy’s

254 W. Grand River Ave, East Lansing, MI 48823