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Renewable Energy/Waste To Energy

December 10, 2021 By Olivia Novak

Bassett Engineering, and Britt Bassett long before he founded our firm, has been involved in a wide range of renewable energy. Anaerobic digestion of biosolids generated by municipal wastewater treatment has been used to generate biogas since the late 1800s.

Britt Bassett wrote a Cogeneration Feasibility Study for Cumberland MD in 1994, with the most feasible alternative being using digester gas to operate engine-driven aeration blowers. External factors often drive what is the most cost-effective option in a particular location.  Electricity prices in Western Maryland and Western PA are quite low due to the extensive presence of coal-fired power plants.

Britt was also involved in the construction-phase engineering for the construction of two 3.0 MG aluminum-clad CIP concrete egg-shaped anaerobic digesters at a 120-MGD BNR wastewater treatment plant at Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant ESD Anaerobic Digesters in Baltimore, MD. The project focused on gas collection, metering and cleaning, foam suppression, and draft-tube mixing systems.

Bassett Engineering provided site and civil design and all environmental permitting (AQM, WQM, Construction NPDES, SWM, etc.) for Altoona Water Authority’s Guaranteed Energy Savings Biosolids Treatment Improvements Project with ESG.  For the same reason as Cumberland, generating electricity was not the most cost-effective option for AWA, so digestions coupled with sludge drying to dramatically reduce sludge quantities and produce Class A biosolids was the most cost-effective option.

Derry Township Municipal Authority had roughly 20 years of co-digestion experience with municipal biosolids and food waste in an egg-Shaped Digester.  They already had been operating a digester biogas-fired electricity generator when they commissioned a feasibility study with ESG.  The optimum Alternatives included creating pipeline-quality renewable natural gas and significantly expanding electricity generation, which turned out to be the most feasible. Working under subcontract to Brown and Caldwell, Bassett again provided site and civil design and all environmental permitting (AQM, WQM, Construction NPDES, SWM, etc.).

Bassett Engineering has worked for Lackawanna River Basin Sewer Authority on multiple projects over the years. Two involved anaerobic digestion and the beneficial reuse of renewable energy.  For the BNR upgrade, we partnered with JMT on rehabilitated the digesters and added gas cleaning and microturbines to burn the digester gas.  Most recently we partnered with GDF Engineers to add dual membrane covers on the two anaerobic digesters to dramatically increase biogas storage, which has allowed full utilization of both 40 kW Microturbines.

Many food processors develop their own renewable energy facilities. Bassett Engineering partnered with RKK Engineers to evaluate the Feasibility of Codigestion for Nicholas Meats, a beef processing facility.  The considerable quantities of residuals that beef processing produces provide the critical biomass of substrate needed for stable digester operations, and food waste obtained from a wide variety of generators would provide the high-energy food stock to make co-digestion feasible. The use of renewable biogas to fire plant boilers was found to be the most cost-effective alternative.

To view Britt Bassetts’s resume click HERE.

Project Descriptions

Altoona Westerly WWTF
Altoona Westerly WWTP NR
LRBSA Throop WWTP
Derry TMA Energy Enhancements
Nicholas Meats, LLC

Filed Under: Our Work

Fox Road Bridge Feature

February 18, 2021 By Connor Bassett

Last week Bassett Engineering presented the final design of the Fox Road Bridge Replacement to the public at a meeting held by Tunkhannock Township. Neighbors, residents, and other interested groups weighed in on the project regarding access, detours and construction.

Bassett Engineering designed the bridge replacement for Tunkhannock Township, with construction planned to begin in spring 2021. The project is funded by both PennDOT and DCED Multimodal Transportation Fund grants. The existing 96-foot two span steel I-beam bridge will be replaced with a 106-foot single span prestressed concrete bulb-tee bridge offering significant geometric, hydraulic, and safety improvements. The residents and businesses who use the road will be excited for the elimination of the slippery open steel grate deck and improvement of the approaches to the bridge.

Read about the presentation in the article from the Wyoming County Examiner Below!

https://www.wcexaminer.com/news/bridge-to-be-bidded-out/article_a8da18ad-621e-5021-9201-e86a1e421568.html

Filed Under: Bassett Engineering News, Our Work Tagged With: Bridge Replacement, Bulb-Tee, DCED, District 4-0, Fox Road Bridge, Funding, GP-11, Grants, Multimodal, PennDOT

Wastewater

June 15, 2016 By Natasha Bassett

Bassett Engineering’s practice is focused on wastewater treatment in general. Britt Bassett, PE, BCEE, is a Board Certified Environmental Engineer by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. Only 2,500 Environmental Engineers in the US have earned this mark of distinction as leaders in their area of practice. Mr. Bassett also helped write three WEF Manuals of Practice including Nutrient Removal (two editions), Design of Municipal WWTPs, and Process Modeling.

Mr. Bassett began designing small wastewater systems 29 years ago in 1989 in Maryland, including an on-lot disposal system with a design flow of 5,000 gallons per day for Rising Sun Elementary School. Since the company’s inception in 1996, Bassett Engineering has dozens of small wastewater systems in operation, and now specializes in large treatment plants as well. We have designed many miles of wastewater collectors and force mains, numerous pump stations, and multiple treatment plants. Some representative projects include the following.

Treatment Plant

Flow

Status

Nutrient Removal
Altoona Westerly WWTP 10.8 MGD Operating ✓
LRBSA Throop WWTP 10.0 MGD Operating
Altoona Easterly WWTP 9.0 MGD Operating ✓
Moshannon Valley WWTP 9.0 MGD Design Complete
LRBSA Archbald WWTP 6.0 MGD Operating ✓
Clearfield MA WWTF 4.5 MGD Operating ✓
Gregg Twp MA WWTP 1.4 MGD Operating ✓
Mid-Shore Leachate TF —— Feasibility Study Complete ✓
Tri-County WWTF —– Feasibility Study  Complete ✓
Small Wastewater System Flow No. of EDU’s Nutrient Removal
Millville Borough 300,000 gpd 1200 ✓
New Berlin Borough 200,000 gpd 800 ✓
Delaware Township 100,000 gpd 400
Liberty Area 75,000 gpd 300
Nelson Township Authority 50,000 gpd 200 ✓
Brady Township Northwest 30,000 gpd 120 ✓
Sonestown Davidson Township 24,000 gpd 96 ✓
Brady Township Southeast 8,000 gpd 32

Collector Extensions: Old Lycoming Township Fox Hollow

Filed Under: Our Work Tagged With: Bassett, Engineering, Wastewater, WWTP

Buildings and Land Development

June 15, 2016 By Natasha Bassett

Cummings Garage and Salt Shed

Bassett Engineering designs land developments, such as the expansion of the Walnut Street Christian School in Clinton County, the Comfort Inn expansion in Lycoming County, lighting improvements for Mifflin Borough, and many others.  We also review them for municipalites and counties.  We reviewed a wide variety of Land Development Plans while serving as the Lycoming County Planning Commission Engineer from 2010 through 2013. We do not do any private work in a municipality where we serve as the Engineer.  However, working as both designer and reviewer on commercial shopping centers, hotels, industrial sites and residential subdivisions makes us better at both roles. Some of our representative projects include the following.

Project Municipality County Notes
Garage and Salt Shed Cummings Twp Lycoming New Twp garage and salt shed
Post-Framed Garage Terry Twp Bradford Improvements to a new garage
Recreational Park Rehab Limestone Twp Lycoming Paved path and parking spots
Nicholas Meats Greene Twp Clinton Meat packing plant expansion
Petroleum Products Fairfield Twp Lycoming Industrial warehouse and trucking
Pneu-Dart Plunkett’s Creek Twp Lycoming Addition to pneumatic-dart manufacturing facility
Benton Park Benton Borough Columbia ADA-compliant upgrade to municipal park
Terry Twp Garage Terry Twp Lycoming Energy-saving improvements to truck garage
Coastal Mart Rt. 220 Convenience Store  Woodward Twp Lycoming Gas station and convenience store
Grit Commercial Printing Fairfield Twp Lycoming Expansion to industrial print shop
Choate Lot 16 Fairfield Twp Lycoming Commercial office building
Brady Twp Building Brady Twp Lycoming New township building
Comfort Inn  Loyalsock Twp Lycoming New motel (Not Built)
Spitler RV Site Fairfield Twp Lycoming Commercial and/or industrial building(s)
Comfort Inn Addition Loyalsock Twp Lycoming Addition to existing motel
Laporte Family Dollar Laporte Twp Sullivan New store
Medevial Majesty Old Lycoming Twp Lycoming Renaissance fairgrounds and campsite
Fairfield Rentals  Fairfield Twp Lycoming Feasibility study of land development including several hundred apartments and townhomes
Catino Fill Site Fairfield Twp Lycoming Parking and construction lay-down area
Tech Serve International  Upper Fairfield Twp Lycoming Recreational vehicle campground
Dubois Country Club
& Comfort Suites
 City of Dubois Clearfield Hotel located at country club
Walnut Street
Christian School
 Avis Borough Clinton School addition, gymnasium, and soccer field

Filed Under: Our Work Tagged With: Buildings, Clinton County, Land Development, Lycoming County, Mifflin Borough, Plans

Water

June 15, 2016 By Natasha Bassett

Laporte Tank 3Bassett Engineering has engineered water storage tanks and force mains, plus distribution systems including pump stations.  We have modeled water distribution systems to identify flow restrictions that can impede fire-fighting.  We have developed surface water supplies on our own, and groundwater supplies with the assistance of hydrogeologists, and engineered treatment plants for both groundwater and surface water.

BE has also provided treatment alternatives analysis, water filtration support and water softening systems, developed water supply wells, and secured permits for many clients throughout NorthCentral Pennsylvania. Representative projects include:

  • Collomsville Mutual Waterworks Association
  • Loyalsock Valley Well
  • Millville Borough
  • Ralston Area Joint Authority

 

Filed Under: Our Work Tagged With: Filtration, Pump Stations, Storage Tanks, Supplies, Water

Roads

June 15, 2016 By Natasha Bassett

11th Street in Renovo Borough

Bassett Engineering has completed numerous street projects including roadway reconstruction and resurfacing, curb, sidewalk, driveway and ADA compliant pedestrian safety improvements.

We have experience with many types of road reconstruction and are available for any resurfacing, improvements, or PennDOT Right of Way needs. Some representative projects include the following.

Representative Projects

Road, Client Project Description Length Year
Shirk Road,
Hartleton Borough
Roadway reconstruction, improve drainage. 2,550 feet 2020
Ontario Avenue,
Renovo Borough
Roadway reconstruction, parking lot, boat launch. 2,350 feet 2018
Park Road,
Hartleton Borough
Roadway reconstruction, improve drainage. 1,450 feet 2018
Mountain Avenue,
Armenia Township
Roadway reconstruction, guiderail placement. 3,960 feet 2016
Third Street,
Renovo Borough
Resurface, improve drainage, curb ramps. 450 feet 2015
Erie Avenue,
Renovo Borough
Resurface, improve drainage. 1,600 feet 2015
Kaiser Hollow Road,
Upper Fairfield Township
Reconstruction, improve drainage,
stabilize road bank down to creek.
550 feet 2015
Bridge Street,
Mifflintown Borough
Reconstruction, improve drainage, sidewalk and curbing. 400 feet 2014
Old Schoolhouse Road
Hartleton Borough
Reconstruction, improve drainage. 1,100 feet 2013
Shaffer Path Road,
Brady Township
Establish new Right-Of-Way, new asphalt road,
improve drainage, new precast concrete arch bridge.
3,200 feet 2012
Park Street,
Benton Borough
Resurface/reclaim, improve drainage, sidewalks
and curbing.
600 feet 2010

Filed Under: Our Work Tagged With: 11th Street, Bassett, Engineering, Projects, Renovo Borough, Roads, Street

Awards

June 15, 2016 By Natasha Bassett

Bassett Engineering is the proud winner of a number of national and state-wide awards, including the AAEES Superior Award, PSATS and PSAB Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Awards.

37th Annual Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Award
Renovo Borough Clinton County
Ontario Avenue Reconstruction and 5th Street River Access

The Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs named Renovo Borough in Clinton County as the Winner of the 37th Annual Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Awards Program.
In 2017, Renovo Borough obtained much needed funding from the DCED, CDBG, DCNR, and C2P2 grant programs to address several projects within the borough including the Ontario Avenue Reconstruction and 5th Street River Access.  Renovo Borough bundled the two (2) projects together, under separate contracts. Ontario Avenue went from 4th to 11th Streets, this project involved an almost complete rebuild of the roads.  The 5th Street River Access involved demolishing several derelict residential properties and converting into a new community park and boat launch.


American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
Superior Achievement Award
Altoona Water Authority Westerly Wastewater Treatment Plant

TheAAEES award American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists gave Bassett Engineering and its partner GDF its Superior Achievement Award, its highest honor, in 2013 for the BNR Upgrade and Expansion of the 10.8 MGD Altoona Westerly WWTP.  We received the Award at the National Press Club in Washington DC.  Westerly employs an innovative and unique process, the Hybrid Bardenpho with Step Feed to achieve near-ENR levels of Treatment without the use of any chemicals. Due to older, leaking sewers, Westerly receives severe weather peak flows. The Step-Feed enhancement of the Hybrid Bardenpho bypasses peak flows to the downstream end of the activated sludge process, allowing Westerly to treat extended peak flows over 50 MGD without upsetting the nitrification process. Hydraulic peak capacity is 60 MGD.  Since Start-up during Tropical Storm Lee in 2011, the Combined Sewer Overflows and Storage Tanks in the collection system have not operated.

Pennsylvania sets annual cap load limits on effluent Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus loads; plants that discharge below this cap can trade credits with underachieving plants. In just three years Westerly and its Sister Plant Easterly have sold hundreds of thousands of dollars of Nutrient Credits. By maximizing the reuse of existing facilities, the two plants, with combined design capacities of nearly 20 MGD, cost less than $60,000,000 to upgrade to nutrient removal.


33rd Annual Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Award
Penn Township Lycoming County
Four Bridges

Penn Twp

The Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors named Penn Township in Lycoming County as the Bridge Winner of the 33rd Annual Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Awards.
Penn Township identified four bridges that were structurally deficient and decided to bundle the bridges together under three separate contracts to take advantage of ACT 89 and use Act 13 impact fees in the summer of 2014. Online PennBID bidding was used. Prefabricated structures were used: a precast concrete arch bridge and two with aluminum box culverts on Logue Hill, Temple and Derr Roads respectively. A reinforced concrete slab bridge on Rishel Hollow underwent concrete repairs.


34th Annual Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Award
Upper Fairfield Township Lycoming County
Kaiser Hollow Road Culvert

The Penroad culvertnsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors named Upper Fairfield Township in Lycoming County as an honorable mention Bridge Winner of the 34th Annual Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Awards, Upper Fairfield Township bundled the road repairs and bridge replacement together as one project under two separate contracts to take advantage of ACT 89 and use Act 13 impact fees. Online PennBID bidding was used.  An aluminum box culvert replaced a pipe arch culvert. The embankment was cleared and stabilized with new rip-rap and the roadway was full-depth reconstructed for approximately 550 feet. Installed new guiderail.


34th Annual Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Award
Renovo Borough Clinton County
Erie Avenue and Third Street

edited photo

The Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs named Renovo Borough in Clinton County as the Winner of the 34th Annual Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Awards Program to be presented at its 2016 annual convention held in Hershey in June 2016. In 2015, Renovo Borough obtained much needed funding from both the CDBG and USDA grant programs to address deteriorated roadway pavement on Erie Avenue and Third Street. Renovo Borough bundled the two (2) road projects together, under separate contracts. Online PennBID bidding was used.  Erie Avenue went from 8th to 13th Streets for 1,555 LF and Third Street went from Huron to Erie Avenues for 422 LF.

 

Filed Under: Our Work Tagged With: Awards, Bassett, Bridge, Culvert, Engineering, Improvement, Road, Safety

Bridges and Culverts

October 6, 2014 By Bassett Engineering

Mill Road, Limestone Township
Mill Road, Limestone Township

We’ve partnered with multiple municipalities to update many bridges and culverts, from full replacement to repair. We also specialize in bridge inspections, completed as the Lycoming County Engineer for their Small Bridge Inspection program and separately for other municipalities. We have engineered a multitude of stormwater management systems, all in conjunction with the environmental permitting required to place an obstruction in a regulated stream. For all projects, we have developed the stream hydrology, calculated the structure’s hydraulics, selected the appropriate structure (bridge, box culvert, pipe, etc.), and secured environmental permitting. Some representative projects include the following.

Bridge(s), Township, CountyTypeSizeYear
Zinck Road
Mifflin, Lycoming
GRS-IBS29'7" x 25'11"2022
Montgomery Park Road
Montgomery, Lycoming
GRS-IBS35' x 20'2"2022
Winner Lane
Gamble, Lycoming
GRS-IBS29'10" x 27'6"2022
Bill Sones Road
Moreland, Lycoming
Precast Concrete Arch32' x 12' x 33'2022
Wilson Street
Jersey Shore, Lycoming
Precast Concrete Box8'9" x 4' x 166' 3"2022
Penn Drive
Wolf, Lycoming
GRS-IBS26' x 25'6"2022
Valley Road
Susquehanna, Lycoming
Precast Concrete Arch16' x 9' x 72'2022
McCarty Ridge Road
Elkland, Sullivan
Precast Concrete Arch24' x 25' x 10'2022
Sheridan Street
Loyalsock, Lycoming
Precast Concrete Box12' x 4'2" x 60'2022
Smith Road
Franklin, Lycoming
Precast Concrete Arch16' x 11' x 48'2022
Logue Hill Road
Penn, Lycoming
GRS-IBS25' x 22'2022
Fox Road
Tunkhannock, Wyoming
Traditional Beam Bridge106' x 22'2021
Pine Wood Road
Limestone, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert11′ x 3′5” x 41′2021
Mill Road
Limestone, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert16′ x 5′8” x 40′2021
Klump Road
Hepburn, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert15′ x 5′5” x 27′2021
Clifford Park
Clifford, Susquehanna
Steel Truss Recreation Bridge42′ x 24′ x 10′2021
Caleb’s Creek Road
Eldred, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert19′ x 4′5” x 40′2021
Auchmuty Road
Muncy, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert15′ x 4'8” x 31′2021
Cemetery Road
Wharton, Potter
Precast Concrete Arch42' x 24' x 10'2021
Valley Road South
Madison, Columbia
Aluminum Box Culvert36′ x 9′ x 3′2020
Valley Road North
Madison, Columbia
Aluminum Box Culvert41′ x 15′ x 6′2020
Welch Hill Road
Clifford, Susquehanna
Aluminum Box Culvert15′ x 6′ x 72′2020
Tinkerbrook RoadAluminum Box Culvert22′ x 6′ x 27′2020
Christy Hill Road
Madison, Columbia
Concrete Rigid Frames - Gunite Repairs18′ x 13′ x 4′2019
Camp Road
Madison, Columbia
Concrete Rigid Frames - Gunite Repairs16′ x 11′ x 4′2019
Osthaus Road
Forks, Sullivan
Steel Beam with Concrete Abutments20′ x 18′ x 6′2019
Upper Bodines Road
Lewis, Lycoming
Bebo Precast Concrete Arch66′ x 24′ x 15′2018
Shuck Road
Lewis, Union
Aluminum Box Culvert50′ x 16′ x 7′2018
Back Road
Washington, Lycoming
Prestressed Concrete Adjacent Box Beam80’ x 30’ x 8’2017
North Black Creek Road
Forks, Sullivan
Aluminum Box Culvert41′ x 10′ x 5′2016
Kaiser Hollow Road
Upper Fairfield, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert50’ x 16’ x 6’2015
English Run Road
Pine, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert41 x 15’ x 6’2015
Airport Road
Pine, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert27’ x 11’ x 6’2015
Temple Road
Penn, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert41’ x 11’ x 7’2014
Logue Hill Road
Penn, Lycoming
Precast Concrete Arch24’ x 21’ x 11’2014
Derr Road
Penn, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert32’ x 11’ x 7’2014
Barnes Hill Road
Canton, Bradford
Aluminum Arch50’ x 13’ x 5’2013
Mill Road
Washington, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert23' x 10' x 5'2012
Leisure Acres Road
Washington, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert23' x 15' x 5'2012
Shaffer Path Road
Brady, Lycoming
Precast Concrete Arch27’ x 16’ x 10’2012
Barto Hollow Road
Penn, Lycoming
Aluminum Box Culvert32’ x 15’ x 7’2011
Sewer Plant Road
Lewis TMA, Union
Aluminum Box Culvert32’ x 15’ x 6’2011
Rafferty Road
Bridgewater, Susquehanna
Steel Pipe Arch48’ x 17’ x 7’2011

Filed Under: Our Work Tagged With: Bassett, Bridges, Culvert, Engineering, Lewis Township, Shuck Road, Union County

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