Project Profile: Fountaindale Wastewater Treatment Plant Basic Information Owner: Frederick County, MD Engineer: Watek Engineering Corporation Approximate Contract Value: $3,500,000 Completion Date: March 2008 Project Type: New Wastewater Treatment Plant Testimonials "[American Contracting] had the ability to identify potential problems during construction in a timely manner and allow the Owner to make an informed decision." read more...  - Program Manager, Frederick County "I found [American Contracting] to be timely, efficient, fair, and easy to work with during this project." read more...  - Project Manager, WATEK Click on a testimonial to view a readable version. Project Description American Contracting & Environmental Services, Inc. constructed a complete waste water treatment plant consisting of eight new structures. The new plant processes 500,000 gallons per day of raw sewage. Upon completion of the start-up and testing, the raw sewage was diverted from the existing to the new waste water treatment plant. The existing plant was then demolished.   Project highlights include:    Precast vaults for bar screens, influent pump station with six influent pumps, and effluent vault with flow meter One precast post tensioned structure consisting of two SBR tanks (with mixers, decanters, aeration systems, and sludge pumps), two sludge holding tanks (with aeration systems and digester pumps), one digester with aeration system, one post equalization basin (with aeration systems and four effluent pumps), and a blower room with eight blowers and piping. Control building with two metering pumps, drum scale, control panels, and a bathroom Filter structure containing four filter cells, a mudwell with two pumps, and a clearwell with four backwash pumps UV building containing two UV channels, control panels, and a monorail beam with hoist/trolley  Mass excavation of 1,750 CY of soil and deteriorated rock including dewatering throughout the project