BKI was contracted by the City of
Shreveport to provide structural and
architectural design services for the
Lucas Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion
that provided additional treatment
capacity for the City.
BKI converted the
aeration basins to fine-bubble diffused
aeration, provided blowers in a building,
and added a new final clarifier to the
existing process units. A new
return-activated sludge pump station, scum
pump station and piping were required to
connect to the new facilities. The firm
designed the conversion from chlorination/
dechlorination disinfection to ultraviolet
disinfection, the demolition of the
existing aerated grit basin, and the
conversion of the existing grit building
to an operations building with an adjacent
covered parking area. The design team also
replaced the existing 15-kva switchgear
and motor control centers.
BKI modified the
existing headworks and grit removal
system, including installing a new grit
removal unit, renovating the existing bar
screens, and providing odor control for
the improved headworks. Wet weather flows
will be treated in a new high-rate
clarification unit that will augment the
existing flow equalization
basins.
Construction cost
was approximately $42.9
million.
