Severn Trent secures Connecticut wastewater contract

Severn Trent Services will provide long-term operation, maintenance, management and customer services for Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) wastewater collection and treatment systems in the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut, US.

The ten-year public-private partnership includes two subsequent five-year options, and is the first in Connecticut for Severn Trent Services, which now operates facilities in 22 states.

The WPCA system has two wastewater treatment facilities with a total treatment capacity of 40 million gallons per day. It also consists of 10 sewage pump stations and 283 miles of sewers, 123 miles of which are combined sanitary and storm sewers.

The system serves a population of around 175,000. The company will continue to support the WPCA in complying with three open consent orders with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Severn Trent Services operating services vice president Dana Kaas said: "Public-private partnerships have been shown to consistently benefit municipalities through operational efficiency, improved safety and increased compliance. In today’s unsettled economic environment, this experience is gaining increased currency."

The company is currently handling operations at more than 900 treatment facilities worldwide, including 400 municipal treatment facilities in the US.