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06/19/2026

There will be many benefits to upgrading and expanding the Huntington Sanitary Board's wastewater treatment plant. The project, which was awarded through a public bidding process to Triton Construction at a cost of $196 million, is the largest municipal infrastructure investment in West Virginia's history. It is expected to be completed in 2032.

Improved safety conditions for workers at the plant and dramatically increasing the plant's capacity, which will support economic development in Huntington, are just a couple of the benefits. The project also will make the wastewater treatment process more efficient and ultimately save the Sanitary Board hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.

The primary wastewater treatment plant was constructed in 1964, and the secondary, conventional activated sludge process was added in 1986. Since then, the wastewater treatment plant has undergone very few upgrades. The first photo below shows what sludge looks like after it has gone through the current treatment process. Approximately 60 to 80 tons of this sludge are hauled to area landfills daily at a cost of $63 per ton.

The second photo (the powdery substance) shows what sludge will look like after it has gone through a biosolids drying system that will be part of the plant upgrade. This sludge weighs less than the current byproduct because it contains less liquid. As a result, the Sanitary Board will pay far less in hauling costs and landfill fees. And that is savings for our ratepayers that can be re-invested into improving our sewer collection system.

06/18/2026

West Virginia American Water will host an information session at 6:30 p.m. today, June 18, at Foundry Theater at Huntington City Hall, to share details about its proposed acquisition of the City of Huntington’s wastewater collection system and agreement to operate the wastewater treatment plant.

The session will include an overview of the proposal, information on the review and approval process and an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

Residents, customers, employees, and other interested stakeholders are encouraged to attend.

WHAT:
Information session to provide an overview and answer community questions regarding a proposed agreement involving the City of Huntington’s wastewater system.

WHO:
West Virginia American Water representatives

WHEN:
6:30 p.m. today, June 18, 2026

WHERE:
Foundry Theater, Huntington City Hall, 800 5th Avenue

MORE INFO:
Visit https://amwater.com/.../For-New-Customers/city-of-huntington to learn more about the proposed acquisition and submit questions to West Virginia American Water in advance of the information session.

06/17/2026

Like many of our sanitary sewer facilities, the 4th Street and 13th Street West pump stations were designed and constructed in the 1950s but have seen few upgrades since then. Both stations also have experienced pipe failures and fires in the past. Additionally, while these stations were constructed with four pumps each, each station now has two or fewer pumps operating.

As a result of their limited capacity, our collection system is inefficient. Approximately 80 percent of the sewage collected in Huntington is pumped through the 4th Street and 13th Street West stations.

However, that will soon change. Both sewer pump stations will undergo significant renovations at a cost of approximately $47 million. Improvements will include new pumping equipment; new discharge piping and valves; upgraded wet-well access; and new controls and instrumentation.

Triton Construction of St. Albans was awarded the contracts for the pump station improvements through a public bidding process. The projects are currently in pre-construction phase, and work will begin in the near future. The work is expected to be completed in 2028,

06/15/2026

West Virginia American Water will host an information session at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 18, at Foundry Theater at Huntington City Hall, to share details about its proposed acquisition of the City of Huntington’s wastewater collection system and agreement to operate the wastewater treatment plant.

The session will include an overview of the proposal, information on the review and approval process and an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

Residents, customers, employees, and other interested stakeholders are encouraged to attend.

WHAT:
Information session to provide an overview and answer community questions regarding a proposed agreement involving the City of Huntington’s wastewater system.

WHO:
West Virginia American Water representatives

WHEN:
Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Foundry Theater, Huntington City Hall, 800 5th Avenue

MORE INFO:
Visit https://amwater.com/wvaw/customer-service-billing/For-New-Customers/city-of-huntington to learn more about the proposed acquisition and submit questions to West Virginia American Water in advance of the information session.

06/12/2026

The Huntington Sanitary Board and Sweeping Corporation of America will continue the 2026 citywide street sweeping season Monday, June 15, as part of an effort to minimize the impact of storm water on Huntington’s roadways and prevent pollution from entering the city’s sewer collection system.

It is important to note that this is not a beautification effort but rather a critical action to keep debris from entering the sewer collection system and treatment plant.

Residents are asked to keep an eye out for signage to give them advanced notice. Every Friday, large, yellow signs will be placed along street sweeping routes for the following week to inform residents that street sweeping is scheduled to occur in their area and to watch for “No Parking” signs.

The day before street sweeping occurs in a particular area, the large, yellow signs will be replaced with white “No Parking, Street Sweeping” signs that remind residents to remove their vehicles from the roadway during scheduled street sweeping hours, which are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Huntington Police Department will patrol and issue citations to vehicles parked in the sweeping zone during the scheduled hours.

Only curbed streets will be swept, and residents are prohibited from placing grass clippings, leaves and tree limbs in the street. Street sweepers will not remove these items.

The schedule for the weeks of June 15-19 and June 22-26 are as follows:

Monday, June 15: Section 12, Southside; Downtown area
Tuesday, June 16: Section 12, Southside; Downtown area
Wednesday, June 17: Section 13, Southside
Thursday, June 18: Section 13, Southside
Friday, June 19: Section 14, Southside; Harveytown

Monday, June 22: Section 14, Southside; Harveytown
Tuesday, June 23: Section 15, West End
Wednesday, June 24: Section 15, West End
Thursday, June 25: Section 16, West End
Friday, June 26: Section 16, West End

The schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions. In the event of weather affecting the schedule, operations will be pushed back accordingly to the day or days affected.

06/08/2026

Guyandotte and Altizer residents are invited to a flood preparedness workshop at 5:30 pm today at the Guyandotte Public Library.

06/03/2026

Construction now is in full swing at our wastewater treatment plant in Westmoreland.

This $196 million renovation project, which will occur over the next six years, will provide numerous benefits. It will improve safety conditions for our employees; support economic development growth in Huntington and the surrounding region; allow the Sanitary Board to meet state and federal environmental guidelines; and make the wastewater treatment process more efficient, ultimately saving rate payers hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.

The wastewater treatment plant was constructed in 1964, and a secondary treatment process was integrated into the plant in 1986. There have been few upgrades since then.

The plant serves approximately 27,700 metered customers in Huntington and surrounding areas, including customers served by the towns of Ceredo and Kenova and the Northern Wayne, Spring Valley and Pea Ridge public service districts.

More than 325 miles of sewer lines, 47 sewage pump stations and 132 grinder pump stations help send sewage to the treatment plant, which has an average flow of 9 to 12 million gallons on a dry-weather day. It is the largest collection and treatment system in West Virginia.

The treatment plant, however, currently is at 98 percent capacity. On a wet-weather day, the treatment plant can process about 14 to 15 million gallons per day. Anything above that level is not treated to permittable limits and is discharged into the Ohio River, putting the Sanitary Board at risk of being fined by state and federal regulatory agencies.

The expansion project will enable the plant to treat 17 million gallons on a dry day and up to 64 million gallons on a wet-weather day.

In the first photo below, you see the former lagoon area. It will be home to a new solids handling building including centrifuges and a dryer to reduce the amount of sewage sludge that we have to haul to landfills on a daily basis. We also will have four circular secondary clarifiers installed in this area.

The focal point of the second photo is the demolition work of the old final tanks. These have been offline for several years. This area will be the home to our effluent pumping station. This means that the final treated water that is ready to exit the treatment plant and flow through our diffuser pipe back into the Ohio River will be (at times when river level is high) pumped out of the plant.

Address

555 7th Avenue
Huntington, WV
25701

Telephone

+13046964437

Website

http://www.huntingtonsb.com/

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