Wastewater Department
The current City of Romney Waste Water Treatment Plant was constructed in 1982 and is located off of Depot Street in Romney. Employees of the Waste Water Treatment Plant are as follows:
Donald Compton - Supervisor and Class II Waste Water Operator
Rick Davis - Class II Waste Water Operator
George Park, III - Class I Waste Water Operator
Johnny Jenkins - Laborer
Rodney Kesner - Class I Waster Water Operator
The hours of operation are 7:00am until 3:00pm Monday through Friday.
Telephone number - 304-822-3638
For after hour emergencies call 304-822-5118 and your call will be forwarded to the appropriate on call person.
The following explains the operations of the waste water treatment plant:
The treatment plant consists of 2 wet wells with pumps, 2 primary clarifiers, 3 rotating biological contractors, 2 secondary clarifiers, a chlorine contact tank, 2 digesters and an excess flow holding tank. Raw wastewater enters the sewage treatment plant and is pumped from the 2 wet wells to the head works. The flow travels into the primary clarifiers where the heavy solids settle out into the tank and floatable solids are skimmed off. After primary clarification water travels into the rotating biological contractors where the microorganism treats the wastewater. The growth of the microorganism sloughs off the units and these solids are removed in the secondary clarifiers. Following the secondary clarifiers is the chlorine contact tank where chlorine is injected and disinfections takes place. The wastewater then runs through an effluent pipe and is de-chlorinated before entering a tributary of the South Branch of the Potomac River. The solids from all the clarifiers are pumped into the digesters. In the digesters de watering takes place and the remaining bio solids are then treated with lime and hauled to land application sites and spread as a fertilizer.
The City of Romney is currently in the process of starting Phase II of the sewer upgrade to the city which will include a new waste water treatment plant that will conform to Chesapeake Bay standards.