Reduced energy cost, increased capacity - St Bernard, Louisiana The problem: a damaged, underperforming plant Meraux, Louisiana is located near New Orleans in St Bernard Parish, an area hard hit by hurricane Katrina in 2005. Excessive damage to the Parish's plants during the hurricane afforded the opportunity to consolidate flows from three small plants into the process at the Munster Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). A complete headworks upgrade and expansion of the existing biological process was needed for the consolidation. Prior to Katrina the Parish operated four treatment plants - Munster, Dravo, Violet, and Fazendville - with a combined capacity that was having trouble accommodating their peak wet weather flows. Two of the three plants being consolidated into Munster had energy-hu

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