Design and Construction
preliminary Ruen-Yeager plan included provisions for a ‘big-pipe’ gravity sewer system and lift stations. Broesch looked to R.C. Worst & Co. for an alternative solution to present to the property developers. After a few meetings, it was decided that an effluent sewer system would feed a centralized Commercial AdvanTex Treatment facility. Initial cost saving estimates for the installation as well as future operation and maintenance costs were near half that of a traditional gravity sewer system.
In the months to come, Ruen-Yeager would work closely with R.C. Worst & Co. as well as with Orenco Systems, the developer and manufacturer of the Commercial AdvanTex Treatment system, to plan, develop and install the largest Commercial AdvanTex project in the state of Idaho and Eastern Washington. The system is designed to treat a peak daily flow of nearly 28,000 gallons of effluent to ‘better than secondary’ standards. With state-of-the-art remote telemetry controls and high quality components designed to work together, the Wild Ridge wastewater treatment facility operates at a cost of less than $10.00/ month for each lot owner; an average of 65% less than for the nearby city residents of Rathdrum.
Installation
For installation, R.C. Worst Co teamed up with one of the area’s most trusted excavation contractors, Lawrence Construction. In July of 2009 the complete system was installed and final start-up occurred in September of the same year.
Operation
The Wild Ridge treatment system was installed in 2009, but because of the economic conditions of that time, homes are not planned for construction until 2016.
System Design Detail Summary