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The wastewater treatment plant in Trinidad, Colorado, stands in the high desert at about 6,000 feet above sea level.
When Jacobs took over operations of the wastewater treatment plant in Trinidad, Colorado, the team quickly found that the aeration system was significantly overpowered.
“We had two different systems where we would inject air,” says John Kipp, project manager.
One system,...