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BOIL ORDER: College Avenue and Westwood Road
Monday, April 22, 2024
On Monday, April 22, a boil order was issued for the area south of College Avenue to Westwood Road. This area includes Goshen Hospital, part of the Historic Racemere Peninsula Neighborhood, and Goshen College west of 9th Street. A map of the affected area can be found below. It is recommended that... more
CITY OF GOSHEN TO PARTICIPATE IN MAY FIRST FRIDAY GREEN DAY CELEBRATION
Monday, April 22, 2024
The City of Goshen Environmental Resilience Department is partnering with Downtown Goshen to host May’s First Friday Green Day Celebration on Friday, May 3. The event, centered on the courthouse lawn, will feature activities and educational tables from city departments, partners, and local businesses. “We’re... more
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Conduct Community Interviews
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The City of Goshen strives to take the best care for residents and to ensure our drinking water meets all U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) safety requirements. As part of this process, the EPA will conduct community interviews... more
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Downtown Goshen Economic Improvement District
Thursday, May 2, 2024, 7:45am
The regular meetings of the Downtown Goshen Economic Improvement District Board will take place on the first Thursday of each month, excepting July, as set forth in the schedule below. The meetings will be held in the conference room located in Goshen City Hall at 202 South 5th Street, Goshen, Indiana. All meetings of the Goshen Downtown Economic Improvement District Board are open to the public with the exception of an executive session that may be held as authorized by Indiana Code §5-14-1.5-6.1. The Board may schedule meetings in addition to those listed above as necessary, subject to public notice requirements.
Board of Works
Thursday, May 2, 2024, 4:00pm
To join the webinar please copy and paste this link on your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88469251269
Park Board Meeting
Monday, May 6, 2024, 4:00pm
Public may join in person or virtually by following this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89736482570
Wet Weather Detention Facility
The total captured combined sewage since October 2011:
129.14 Million Gallons
Total Treated and relased from the WWDF to the Elkhart River since December 2011:
3.238 Million Gallons
Goshen's Wet Weather Detention Facility (WWDF) was constructed in 2011 and is capable of treating 212 million gallons daily (MGD) of stormwater. It is equipped to capture and store a one year/one hour rain event of 1.1 inches. It can also treat up to a ten year/one hour rain event of 1.88 inches. There are 3 pump stations along with a 90" sewer that deliver flows to the WWDF once the Wastewater Treatment Plant flow reaches the capacity of 12.5 MGD.
Once the flow enters the facility, it goes through 90" grinders which are the largest currently made. It is then pumped through 4 RCS (raw combined sewage) pumps that are rated at 53 MGD each. The water is treated with Sodium Hyochlorite for disinfection before it travels into 2 tanks that can hold approximately 2.5 million gallons each. If the facility reaches its storage capacity, the water is de-chlorinated with Sodium Bisulfite before discharging into the Elkhart River.
Once a rain event is over and the flow at the WWTP returns to normal, the WWDF then begins to drain back to the WWTP.
When the WWDF is completely drained, residual sediment remains on the bottom of the storage tanks. These tanks are flushed automatically with a flush gate system and each flush gate tank holds 7, 500 gallons. There are 5 flush tanks within each storage tank.
This picture is the inside of one of the storage tanks and in the distance you can see the gates and a couple employees working on the gates. This helps to grasp the size of the tank and the flush tanks with in them.