Fields Point WWTF Upgrade

This project consisted of upgrades to Rhode Island’s largest wastewater treatment facility in order to reduce the total amount of nitrogen discharged into Narragansett Bay.

Client:		Narragansett Bay Commission
Designer:		Kleinfelder SEA
Size:		200 MGD

 

Project Features

• New Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge (IFAS) process for Nitrification.
• Aeration tanks subdivided into a series of aerated and anoxic zones.
• New admin/operation, screening and caustic building.
• Replacement of four 96” screw lift pumps.
• Replacement of nine high-speed turbo blowers.
• Upgrades to plant water and primary/secondary clarifiers.
• Upgrades to grit handling facilities.
• Gravity thickeners upgrades.
• Largest application of the IFAS biological wastewater treatment process in the world at the time.
• LEED Silver (Admin Building)
• CMAA Infrastructure Project of the Year Award