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The Bergen Point Wastewater Treatment Plant uses an activated sludge process with 40 mgd design capacity and plans to expand to 50 mgd.
Wastewater treatment is a family affair for Dale Grudier II.
Now director of operations and maintenance at the 40 mgd Bergen Point treatment facility serving Suffolk County Sanitary District 3 in West Babylon, New York, Grudier got his start by going out on sewer calls with his...