With normal growth, the Big Buffalo plant will be at capacity by 2015 or in eight years. The City will expand the existing plant that is permitted for 6.8 millions gallons a day to 12 million gallons a day to withstand expected growth through 2030.

The City requested and received speculative limits from the state to expand its Big Buffalo Wastewater Treatment Facility. The engineering firm Hazen Sawyer is currently designing the expansion of the existing plant and has prepared environmental documents for review by the state. Construction of the project should begin in 2010 and be completed in 2013. The seventy million dollar upgrade will have an impact on our sewer rates in the future. However, the expansion will give Sanford the ability to continue to grow and attract industry in the future.

We will continue to search for the most cost effective and efficient ways to maximize our plant and sewer infrastructures’ growth. Our goal is to protect the environment and increase the effectiveness of our system.