Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant Construction Management Services

The Newtown Creek Wastewater Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) was completed in 1967 with a capacity of 310 mgd. It is the largest of NYCDEP’s 14 WPCPs and serves a population of approximately 1.06 million. It has a drainage area of 15,656 acres including the south and eastern midtown sections of Manhattan, northeast section of Brooklyn and western section of Queens. The plant discharges to the East River. Digested sludge is pumped to a storage tank and then is pumped to marine vessels for transport and dewatering at the Hunts Point WPCP in the Bronx. 

The WPCP is undergoing a major, long-term upgrade that began in 1999. Under a consent order from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, several construction and operational consent order deadlines must be met during this contract term. If not met, the NYCDEP, the facility owner, would be subject to onerous fines and penalties reaching as high as $10,000 per day. Treatment and processing facilities are being constructed and existing facilities are being demolished or modified with the goal that plant operations be maintained throughout construction.