PINGREE GROVE, ILLINOIS PERIOD OF SERVICESOctober 2018 to present CONTRACT VALUE$2,344,000 CONSTRUCTION COST$28,581,280 In 2004, 124 people lived in Pingree Grove, Illinois, just west of Chicago. By 2020, more than 9,000 call Pingree Grove home. That's a 477% annual population growth rate over 16 years. That kind of growth placed significantly more...

MAHOMET, ILLINOIS PERIOD OF SERVICESMarch 2009 – May 2014 CONTRACT VALUE$1,800,000 – Engineering$12,500,000 - Construction CONSTRUCTION COSTFacility Design Average Flow0.900 MGD – Phase 11.300 MGD – Phase 2 The Village of Mahomet, Illinois, is a growing community located in east-central Illinois. In the past decade, the population of the Village gr...

BRANDON, ILLINOIS PERIOD OF SERVICESSeptember 2017 to February 2021 CONTRACT VALUE$170,000 CONSTRUCTION COST$1.2 million After the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) issued the City of Brandon, Iowa, a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit containing an Ammonia nitrogen and E. coli Compliance Schedule, they turned to Fehr ...

MORRISON, ILLINOIS After more than 80 years of service and increasing regulations from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA), the Morrison Wastewater Treatment Facility had reached the end of its useful life and was scheduled for replacement. In 2015, the City of Morrison, Illinois, hired Fehr Graham to provide construction engineerin...

WINTHROP, IOWA The City of Winthrop, Iowa, has a three-cell aerated lagoon Wastewater Treatment Plant. The treatment plant was struggling to meet ammonia and E. coli limits set in its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. The sanitary sewer collection system also had issues with excessive infiltration and inflow. The City hired Fe...

MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS New watershed and statewide nutrient regulations prompted the City of Monticello, Illinois, to update its Wastewater Treatment Plant. The aging infrastructure had also failed, making service unreliable. The City began a project in 2011 to convert the plant into a Biological Nutrient Removal operation using an oxidation dit...

COGGON, IOWA PERIOD OF SERVICENovember 2015 to July 2018CONTRACT VALUE$847,000 CONSTRUCTION COST$3,398,00  AT A GLANCE» Completed Topographic Survey.» Helped secure funding.» Designed and planned facility.» Prepared preliminary and final plans and specifications.» Completed construction staking, observation and administration. The City of Cogg...

URBANA, ILLINOIS PERIOD OF SERVICESNovember 2013 to September 2017 CONTRACT VALUE$1,088,000 CONSTRUCTION COST$7,382,000 Massive high-rise student apartments in Champaign's Campustown strained how the Urbana & Champaign Sanitary District (UCSD) handled overflows, especially during intense storms. UCSD reached out to Fehr Graham to find a fl...

SOUTH BELOIT, ILLINOIS PERIOD OF SERVICESDesign: January 2017 to December 2017Construction: June 2018 to Present CONTRACT VALUE$3,422,000 CONSTRUCTION COST$35,744,000 FUNDINGIEPA Water Pollution Control Loan AT A GLANCE» Planned improvements.» Assisted with funding.» Prepared preliminary final design.» Completed construction administration and obse...

CATLIN, ILLINOIS PERIOD OF SERVICESMarch 2016 to Present CONTRACT VALUE$1,256,000 CONSTRUCTION COST$10,312,000 FUNDINGUnited States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Loan ($8,000,000) and Grant ($2,800,000) AT A GLANCE» Prepared Facility Plan.» Identified and designed facility improvements.» Assisted with obtaining funds and bidding.» Adm...

  In 2017, the City of Byron hired Fehr Graham to provide Phase III construction engineering services for a new headworks facility. This facility replaced a manual bar screen with a rotating, mechanical bar screen. At more than 20 feet tall and an average opening of 3 mm in the screen, the rotating mechanical bar screen was sized to accommodat...