Wastewater Treatment Facility

Superintendent: Dan Mahan
Phone: 288-3383

The City of Dixon has taken an active role in maintaining the quality of the local environment for more than 70 years. since 1930, the city has provided wastewater collection and treatment for its citizens. As the population has grown and state and federal regulations have evolved, the city has continued to update and improve its collection and treatment system.

The improvements to the wastewater treatment facility in 2000 allowed the City of Dixon to continue the stewardship of the local environment. "Clean Water for the New Millennium" will promote growth in the city for the next 20 years.

The following is a timeline of improvements to the Dixon Wastewater system.

Staff:
          Tim Stover, Foreman
          Tim Love, Class I Operator
          Josh McNitt, Class III Operator

Timeline of Improvements

1930	Original collection and treatment facility is built.
1962	New wastewater treatment plant is constructed. Plant processes include: Laboratory 4 communutors 3 primary clarifiers 12 aeration basins 2 final clarifiers 2 anaerobic digesters
1972	Chlorine contact tank and building added for disinfection of final effluent as required by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IPEA).
1985	New final clarifier, return sludge pumps and stand-by generator added.
1992	Swissville sanitary and storm sewer improvements.
1993	Southside trunk sewer construction.
1994	River Street sanitary sewer replacement from Sheridan Ave. to Harrison Avd. 2,729 lineal feet of 30" diameter sanitary sewer. This project reduced infiltration into the collection system by 500,000 gallons/day.
2000	New wastewater treatment facility constructed to comply with the state and federal regulations. Northside interceptor installed from Reynoldswood Lift Station on the north bank of the Rock River to the new wastewater treatment facility which eliminated the Reynoldswood pumping station. (1,000 lineal feet of 30" diameter sewer.)