Wastewater Treatment Plant
Sewer Service
Sewage treatment service is provided by the Village. Sewer lines inside the Village and located within the public right-of-way are owned and maintained by the Village of Galena. The lines from the public right-of-way into your home are the property owner’s responsibility.
Sewer service is billed monthly from Delco Water or Guardian and is included on the water bill. The blended sewer rate based on consumption will be $50.00 for the first 2,000gallons and $8.81 per each additional 1000 gallons. The monthly maximum will be no more than $75.00.
Onsite septic systems are not permitted within the Village’s corporate jurisdiction (except under the rare situation of a pre-existing residence in an unincorporated area at the time it is annexed into the village). If you are planning to build a new house that will need to be connected to the village’s sewer system, or planning to replace an existing septic system, then contact the village office about the tap-in fee and inspection procedures.
Contact Information:
Sanity Sewer (Emergencies):
Dave Davis 740-972-8646
Wastewater Treatment Plant:
740-965-2484 ext. 6
Village Administrator:
614-965-2484 ext. 1
Village of Galena, OH completes Award winning Design-Build WWTP
The Village of Galena, Ohio has recently commissioned a new state-of-the-art WWTP which discharges into Big Walnut Creek at the head of Hoover Reservoir on the Northeast side of Columbus, Ohio. The upscale community was in need of a new treatment plant as the existing 75,000 gallon per day facility was past its useful life and additional capacity was needed to accommodate growth in the region.
The Village chose a Design-Build alternative delivery approach to the design and construction of the facility with Thomas Marshall Ph.D., P.E. serving as the Criteria Engineer and Construction Manager for the project and Workman Industrial Services serving as the Design-Builder. The $5M project included constructing a new 250,000 gallon per day fully automated facility ready to expand to 0.5 MGD with fine screening at the head of the plant followed by Zeeweed membrane treatment and UV disinfection. The effluent typically measures zero BOD and zero suspended solids.
According to Village Administrator, Jeff White, special attention was given during the conceptual phase of the project, to make the plant fit the community’s historic character. Rather than looking like a utilitarian industrial facility, as most public works plants do, Galena’s resembles an historic water powered grist mill, such as what might have existed along Big Walnut Creek when Galena was settled in the 1800s.”
The new facility features an authentic rustic water wheel that turns as treated effluent is flowing out of the plant. While historic mills often had an overshot water wheel to harness the power of water flowing through streams, this water wheel provides oxygenation to the treated effluent before its discharge into Big Walnut Creek.
The Galena WWTP recently received the “Facility Image Award” from the SEOWEA. While the image of the WWTP is indeed noteworthy, the state-of-the art treatment process and equipment inside the plant produce the highest quality effluent of any plant in the state. In addition, the membrane bioreactor technology used here, enables this plant to fit on a small footprint rather than the large land area required by traditional wastewater plants. Galena’s plant was constructed in record time and under-budget using the design-build project delivery method and was designed to accommodate anticipated population growth in the area. The plant is located at 188 Harrison Street, adjacent to Ruffner Park.