million dollar sewage plant opens officially on monday most expensive public utility now in complete operation one of georgetown s most ex pensive public utilities is well worth visit next monday particularly so because its lo cation is such that it is not a common visiting place nor ore which you might be inclin eo to include in a sunday nifcht sightseeing trip close to a million dollars of public money is represented in the attractive location on the pld w t craig reld firm which houses a spanking new sewage treatment plant the new plant took over quietly a few weeks ago one morning when public works chairman don barragcr visited the site it places a plant built a few years after the war for which taxpayers are still paying which became antiquated by georgetowns rapid expansion the old plant on main street ames crosta mills canada ltd is proud of its participation in the new georgetown sewage treatment plant and congratulate the communily on the official open ng of the new facilit es on monday july 17th 1961 simplex surface aeration the simplex aeration process is the most efficient and economical method of purifying sewage there is no falling off in the efficiency and the low power demand remains low the operation costs of this phase of the georgetown sewage treatment plant are lower than with any other type of activated sludge plant manufacturers of equipment for sewage plants for over 60 years ames crosta mills canada ltd 88 eglingfon avenue east toronto 12 ontario hudson 8 7336 the ontario water resources commission is proud to have been associated with the town of georgetown in the building of its new sewage treatment plant and now in its operation the commission congratulates georgetown and its municipal officials on the occasion of the plants official opening july 17th 1961 ontario water resources commission a m snider chairman 01 bay street or a e berry general manager toronto south will no longer be used though town engineer g r bligh says some of the matcl ial and equipment will be sal vaged so it will not be a dead loss close to a million dollars 855 843 60 lo be exact is the value of the new plant and while it is- oftctally owned by the ontario water resources commission it is actually a town project and will as years of payments come and go ev en tu ally come under town own ership sewage treatment is an act ted sludge type and treat ment involve removal of sus pended and dissolved materials and bacteria from the raw sew age to produce a clean effluent that is discarged into the credit river when sewage first reaches the svstem a barminulor chops i solids and rejects any hea extraneous matcrnl which might pliy havocvilh the mach inery a weird and wonderful collection of things find thrir way into sewers and children s toys false teeth and chunks of niclal are not uncommon to find according to the plant staff the chopped sewige is fur ther refined in he d dilor where scrapers separate the grit mainly grael and stones this s pushed to a chute which drops into a wheelbarrow bilow for dumping in the pnmarj scllh a link solids settle and are p unped t i a sludge digester liquid 101 s i to an aerator unit where oy ren is added to start the pun fjins process 4 a secondary clanficr li the next stage then a chlorine chamber which reduces the 1 quid to a harmless effluent which then enters the river i the sludge meanwhile liter ally eats itself up in the diges ter until it becomes a liquid which is carted away for dis posal the present plant is designed to sene a population of 15 000 and the plant is designed for liter additions should georg town s population exceed this figure detergents play havoc with disposal system i one peculanly which will be not ced in ihe vicinity of the j new sewage treatment plant is 1rge clusters of white bubbles blowing around the seen acre properly if jou think they look like the precipitate in your dish water or washing machine jou re rint in this age of detergents the tuz vtl lide or what havi nu is one of the most per sunt wastes to dispose of brought bv sewer to the ireat nunt plant ihe decrjent foam ttllitls in hrfee billows in the acrilnr tank lvtrv now and don a puff of wind lifts this into the air where it gradually rlisporsis into smaller puff lisle instrument systems limited suppliers or municipal sewage flow metering equipment and accessories congratulations to the citizens of georgetown on the occasion of the opening of the new georgetown sewage treatment plant georgetown a- progressive community facing the future with confidence instrumentation 805 wilson ave t0r0ntct me 50131 georgetown sewage treatment plant double achievement improvement of sanitary facilities for the community goes hand in hand with positive measures against pollution in our streams and rivers the completion of georgetown new sewage treatment plant thus becomes of great importance in the safeguarding of our health standards frid construction take pleasure in the part they played in this 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