WASTEWATER SERVICES
As cities and towns grow and develop, wastewater needs will grow as well. American Engineering Consultants is committed to meeting the needs of communities large and small with individualized solutions, designed with an eye toward to future with room to grow and an infrastructure suitable for expansion.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Chemistry Balancing
Collection Systems
Facultative Lagoons
Sewer System Evaluation Studies
Instrumentation, Controls, & SCADA Systems
NPDES Permitting
Design and Upgrade of Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Wastewater System Modeling
Industrial Wastewater Pre-Treatment/Treatment
System Hydraulics
Sludge Management / Handling/Disposal
Development of Operation and Maintenance Manuals
Evaluations of Existing Treatment Systems
Master Planning
Plant Start-up and Troubleshooting Services
Regulatory Compliance
NASSCO PACP, MACP, LACP Inspections
Pump Stations
FEATURED WASTEWATER PROJECTS

City of Cayce 25-MGD Wastewater Treatment Plant
All New BNR facility designed for a capacity of 25 MGD, and replaced a 9.5 MGD plant. Design included a headworks structure with influent screening, grit removal and odor control; a Biological Nutrient Removal process, six secondary clarifiers, return and waste activated sludge pumping stations, chlorine contact tanks, post aeration, an effluent pump station, chemical feed facilities, an aerobic digestion/membrane thickening process, a sludge de-watering facility; a laboratory building, a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system, and ancillary facilities. This multiple State and National award winning facility was completed twenty percent below budget and fifty percent below the average per gallon cost of typical treatment facilities.

East Richland County Public Service District 64-Inch Interceptor Sewer Line
Design, construction oversight and contract administration for the replacement of approximately 2,500 LF of existing 54-Inch and 42-Inch diameter gravity sewer. The line is situated in an environmentally sensitive area, and transports all wastewater flow from the District’s service area into the Quail Lane Pump Station, from which it is pumped to a 16-MGD treatment facility.

Town of Lexington 31-MGD Pump Station Upgrade
Design of a new 31 MGD pump station, including modifications to the existing pump station and construction of new wastewater screening equipment, wet well structure with submersible pumps, lime feed system, new odor control system, new bridge crane structures, new back-up power generator, and SCADA system and instrumentation.

City of Columbia 160-MGD Metro WWTP Effluent Diffuser
Design of effluent diffuser into the Congaree River, post-aeration system, dechlorination system and pump station for peak discharge of 160- MGD. Services included evaluation of diffuser design utilizing hydraulic modeling software. This project received the Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies. The environmental permitting difficulties and challenges in dealing with a shallow navigable waterway during installation of a wastewater effluent diffuser were contributing factors in receiving this award.

Lower Richland Wastewater Treatment Facility Replacement
Following catastrophic structural damage in a portion of its existing WWTP, AEC was retained by Richland County to design and construct a new 1.0 MGD Wastewater Treatment Facility to service lower Richland County. Construction included a Headworks structure, two Biological Nutrient Removal Basins, two Clarifiers, a RAS/WAS pump station, Sludge Digester, Decant Pumps, and Membrane Grid Aeration Diffusers. The work consisted of structures, equipment, site work, yard piping, mechanical piping, electrical and all necessary appurtenances for a complete wastewater treatment facility.

Chapin 16-Inch Forcemain
Design and construction oversight of approximately 19,500 LF of 16-Inch diameter sewer force main for the Town of Chapin. The new forcemain will provide reserve capacity for the Town of Chapin’s existing sewer system. The project also included preparation of a State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) Preliminary Engineering Report.

I-20 Pump Station and Lagoon Closeout
Design and construction phase services for a new 1,800-GPM capacity regional pump station to allow for abandonment of the existing aerated lagoon that serves the I-20 Wastewater System. Design included a detailed analysis of current and future projected wastewater demand. Project included a State Revolving Fund (SRF) PER and loan application/administration.

Cromer Road Pump Station
Design of a new 31 MGD pump station, including, wet well structure with submersible pumps, lime feed system, bridge crane structures, back-up power generator, and SCADA system and instrumentation. The pump station was designed with two wet wells having three submersible pumps each. The wet wells are designed to operate as two separate triplex stations with an overflow weir connecting them. Due to limited available space, a pervious asphalt pavement design was developed as well as design of an underground storm water detention system.

Testimonial
American Engineering Consultants, Inc. was very thorough in the design and admin of construction. Their engineers are knowledgeable of construction processes and materials.” – Dan Lambert, Town of Chapin Engineer
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