Collection
Jones & Henry provides complete services in wastewater collection.
We work with communities of all sizes to ensure proper planning and a sound wastewater collection system are in place to enhance public health.
- Services
- Regulatory Issues
- Master Planning
- Rehabilitation/Replacement
- New Technologies
- Funding Assistance
- Construction
- Public Participation
Upon completion, a wastewater collection project designed by Jones & Henry provides an effective tool to aid in developing your community and protecting your residents’ public health.
Infiltration/Inflow (I/I)
All sanitary sewer systems have I/I. The challenge is to reduce excessive I/I.
Challenges
Infiltration/inflow (I/I)—or surface and groundwater that enters a system—dramatically reduces the capacity of sewers to carry wastewater and can adversely affect the performance of a wastewater treatment plant. Basement flooding or sanitary sewer overflows from I/I are also common.
Experience
Jones & Henry can help a community address I/I problems cost-effectively. Our experience with I/I has resulted in several solutions to different I/I problems, including:
- Equalization at the Wastewater Treatment Plant and in the System
- Express Sewers
- Foundation Drain Removal
- In-Line Storage
- Internal Sewer Grouting
- Manhole Rehabilitation
- Public Awareness Program
- Sanitary Relief Sewers
- Sewer Lining
- Sewer Replacement
Services
Jones & Henry provides complete, tailored services to develop comprehensive programs to remove excessive I/I:
- Data Collection:
- Continuous Flow Monitoring
- Smoke Testing Sewers
- Dye Testing of Sewers
- Visual Inspection
- Manhole Evaluations
- Camera Inspection
- Preliminary Analysis:
- Statistical Review of Wastewater Treatment Plant Flows
- Review Ratio of Potable Water to Wastewater Flows
- Analysis of Past Flooding Problems
- Project Report and Recommendations
- Review of Operating Problems Caused by I/I
Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO)
What are Combined Sewer Overflows?
Combined sewers convey both sanitary and storm flow. The combined storm and sanitary flow frequently exceeds the capacity of interceptor sewers and treatment plants and can cause overflows of untreated wastewater—events referred to as Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs).
Experience
Jones & Henry has worked on CSO abatement for municipalities and sewer districts with populations ranging from 3,000 to 500,000. The firm has encountered every conceivable situation and performed many tasks for a successful program.
We have considerable experience preparing plans, assisting during construction, preparing O&M materials, and training personnel in the operation and control of CSO abatement facilities. Jones and Henry’s CSO abatement planning results in programs effectively implemented without overwhelming municipal finances.
Services
Jones & Henry’s experience providing all the services necessary to arrive at an appropriate CSO abatement plan and the design of required facilities includes:
- CSO system inventory and mapping
- Metering and sampling
- Model development
- Water quality impacts
- Financial capability analysis
- Plan preparation, including proposed schedules
- Assistance with permit and schedule negotiations
- Public participation
- Design of improvements
- Engineering during construction
- Startup assistance
- Personnel training
Treatment
Our approach to wastewater treatment is to view wastewater as a resource.
Treated effluents can often be used as cooling water or for irrigation, while residuals help generate methane or land applied as fertilizer. The value of the resource varies widely based on the extent of treatment required, the local cost of fresh water, and the need for soil amendments. We will work with your unique needs so that properly treated wastewater and residuals resulting from treatment are operationally utilized by their communities and local industries.
Challenges
Providing effective wastewater treatment is one of the most significant challenges facing public and private entities today. Ever-changing regulations covering effluent quality and residuals, the need to negotiate National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit conditions, and the fact that public entities often have to respond to the needs of local industries make wastewater treatment especially difficult.
Realistically, the challenges associated with wastewater treatment never disappear – but that doesn’t mean they’re impossible to mitigate.
Experience
Jones & Henry has extensive experience in domestic and industrial wastewater treatment and residual treatment, disposal, or utilization. That includes:
- Planning for wastewater treatment
- Evaluation of treatment processes, including pilot studies
- NPDES permit negotiations and public participation
- Design of facilities
- Assistance during construction and startup
- Operation and maintenance
- Financial planning, including grant procurement
- Nutrient removal
- Wet weather treatment
- Treatment plant modeling
Residuals, Energy Efficiency, and Biogas
Residuals can be resources.
Residuals can be assets—resources, even. We have developed numerous programs based on using biosolids on agricultural land. We also develop methane-fueled systems which generate and use methane derived from the anaerobic digestion of biosolids.
Challenge
As many municipalities explore alternative energy sources for their wastewater treatment plants, many have turned to anaerobic digestion and other residuals as viable solutions.
Anaerobic digestion occurs when microorganisms break down biodegradable material like sewage sludge, creating biogas. Biogas can generate heat and electricity when combusted or processed into renewable transportation fuels and natural gas.
There is a growing concern over the cost-effective treatment and environmentally responsible use of residuals. New regulations on biosolids disposal and air emissions, coupled with the dwindling capacity of landfills, have forced many communities and industries to consider new and improved management methods.
The only way to overcome this is through a well-planned approach to residual management, in which Jones & Henry specializes.
Experience
Jones & Henry has helped many clients develop residuals management systems. Over the years, our professional staff of engineers and certified operators has gained considerable experience in pilot testing, designing, optimizing, and troubleshooting residual solids programs.
Our experienced, competent staff members will identify the methods or approaches needed to enhance energy management in operating facilities and determine payback methods.
Services
Jones & Henry provides the services to develop and implement practical and sound management programs. We also have the technical background to create innovative approaches.
Our services include:
- Evaluating alternative solutions
- Selecting alternatives during the design phase
- Ensuring a functional, reliable, economical, and operable facility
- Optimizing and troubleshooting problems
- Preparing residual management plans
- Designing anaerobic digestion systems
- Designing digester gas utilization and handling systems
In summary, we offer you a complete range of services to design and implement an effective residuals management system.
Sewer Collection Systems
Jones & Henry, with a rich legacy dating back to the 1920s, is a foremost civil engineering authority renowned for expertise in developing new projects and revitalizing existing infrastructure.
As part of our commitment to innovation in sewer collection, the J&H Infrastructure Group serves as our firm’s innovative and creative problem-solving hub, driving forward-thinking solutions for today’s complex public infrastructure challenges.
Specializing in planning, designing, and managing sanitary sewer collection systems, our firm excels in engineering solutions for new installations and challenging replacement/renovation projects. With a profound understanding of the intricate design details involved, from sewer mains to pumping stations, Jones & Henry can deliver tailored solutions that address the evolving needs of your community.
Whether pioneering innovative designs for new systems or orchestrating the meticulous renovation of aging infrastructure, our team brings decades of experience and unwavering dedication to every project. Driven by a commitment to innovation and sustainability, we leverage cutting-edge technologies and industry best practices to engineer cost-effective and environmentally conscious solutions.
At Jones & Henry, we don’t just engineer projects—we engineer the future, ensuring communities thrive with reliable, resilient, and sustainable sanitary sewer collection systems. Choose Jones & Henry for a century-long legacy of excellence, where our expertise spans the spectrum from pioneering new frontiers to revitalizing the foundations of our communities.
