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Ken Klinepeter, Water/Wastewater Department Supervisor 
948-3055 |
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Don Hartman, Assistant Water/Wastewater Department Supervisor
948-3055 |
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Business hours are 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday |
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For after-hours emergencies, call the Emergency Operations Center at 948-3000. |
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Water Treatment
The Borough's water supply has been operated by the Borough since 1957 and serves customers in Middletown, as well as 40 customers in Lower Swatara Township. In addition, the Borough is the exclusive wholesale provider of drinking water to the Borough of Royalton. Our system is supplied by groundwater, which is pumped from six (6) wells located throughout the Borough of Middletown. All sources are treated with chlorine and a fluoride solution is also added. State licensed operators monitor each source, all treatment processes, and collect samples for analysis at a State-Certified Laboratory. The Borough distributes an annual "Consumer Confidence Report" on water quality to all of its consumers each July. Please watch for it in your mailbox. If you do not receive a copy, please call us at 948-3055. In addition, there is general information about drinking water contaminants and potential health effects available through the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791.
Wastewater Treatment
Middletown owns and operates a 2.2 million gallons per day municipal wastewater treatment plant that provides service for the Borough of Middletown and Royalton and portions of Lower Swatara Township. The Wastewater Treatment Plant is located at the South End of Lawrence Street and has been serving our residents since the 1950's. It is operated seven days a week but is only fully staffed Monday through Friday from 7 am to 3:30 pm. Existing wastewater treatment plant process units include a solids grinder and grit removal, primary clarification, biological treatment with clarification, chlorine addition for disinfection, and aeration prior to discharge into the Susquehanna River.
Biosolids Treatment Facility
The newest addition to the Borough’s wastewater treatment process is the Biodolids Treatment Facility, which is located next to the Wastewater Treatment Plant at the South End of Lawrence Street. This new facility was put into operation this year. The normal wastewater treatment process results in biosolids, which, in the past, was placed on area farmers’ fields. However, with this new process, the biosolids undergo a heated digestion process which produces Exceptional Quality Biosolids. This end product can then be sold or given away to the general public for use on gardens, lawns and flower beds. In addition, these biosolids contain organic matter and nutrients that are an excellent resource to be used as an organic supplement fertilizer, thereby allowing farmers to save money by reducing the need for expensive fertilizers. A testing Quality Assurance Program, which is three times more stringent than US EPA requirements, ensures that all pathogenic organisms have been eliminated from the biosolids. Middletown’s Biosolids Treatment Facility is one of approximately 45 similar operations in use throughout the United States, as well as overseas. For more information concerning this process, call 948-3055.
| For Sewer Lateral Inspections, contact Todd Sides at 902-3075 |
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