Omaha CSO

Project Updates

• May 2021
• February 2021
• December 2020
• March 2020
• December 2019
• November 2019
• October 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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_{This time lapse video illustrates construction progress at the Saddle Creek Retention Treatment Basin Project from June 2019 through mid-August 2021. Construction through fall 2021 will focus on completing the roof concrete pours for the underground basin.}

 

The purpose of the Retention Treatment Basin (RTB) is to capture combined sewage and store or treat it during wet weather events. Combined sewage will be diverted from the Saddle Creek Sewer and conveyed to the RTB headworks, where large materials like cans, rocks, tree branches and floatable solids are removed using a grit pit and mechanical screens. Directly following screening, a disinfectant is added to the combined sewage flows to kill or inactivate pathogenic bacteria. For small wet weather events, the combined sewage will be fully captured (retained) in the underground basin.  For larger events, the underground basin will completely fill up and then a dechlorination agent is added just prior to flows discharging through an overflow channel to the creek.

The RTB will use dewatering pumps to empty the facility after a wet weather event has ended. These pumps will convey captured combined sewage volume into the downstream Papillion Creek Interceptor sewer for treatment at the Papillion Creek Water Resource Recovery Facility (PCWRRF).

Progress to Date

Over 190,000 tons of soil have been excavated for the construction of the 3.3 million gallon below-ground basin. Once completed, the RTB will capture and treat a combined sewage flow rate of up to 160 million gallons per day. Steel beams have been driven into the soils below the concrete basin to support the facility’s structure. These 848 steel beams (approximately 13 miles in total) support the weight of concrete, water, soil and other building materials. Pile driving was completed in Q2 2020 for the underground basin; additional deep foundation supports were installed in Q1 2021 for the above-ground operations and chemical buildings.

Concrete work for the first phase of the channel and diversion structure was completed in early 2020.

Construction from summer 2020 to fall 2021 is primarily focusing on placing rebar and concrete pours. Approximately 25,000 cubic yards of concrete, roughly 2,500 truckloads, will be used to construct the basin and the facility’s walls.

Upcoming Construction

Throughout the summer and fall of 2021, construction will continue. Above ground improvements include a building to house controls, grit and screening equipment, and chemicals.  The building will provide office space for full-time operations staff, some additional city offices and maintenance for the facility.

An odor control system will be installed to address the risk of odors from the facility. The site will include fencing and lighting for security purposes. We expect the remaining construction activities to have a minimal impact to the surrounding neighborhoods, which include concrete and material delivery and some general construction noise.