Suez North America has announced that it will make substantial upgrades to its Princeton Meadows treatment plant that will bring greater resiliency and reliable service to customers.
Construction at the at the facility, located at 31 Maple Ave., started in October.
“The Princeton Meadows wastewater facility was constructed in 1971, upgraded in 1978 and again in 2003,” said Jim Mastrokalos, director of operations.
“This next mandatory enhancement will result in a more sustainable plant by rehabilitating and modernizing aging infrastructure and equipment that has reached the end of its service life,” he said.
The project upgrades are necessary to meet the future New Jersey Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit limitations, which become effective in January 2025 and sustain increased plant flow projections from 1.64 million gallons to 1.70 million gallons per day.
“We are grateful for the township’s support for this important project. The upgrades will enable us to meet the new, required wastewater treatment standards for the community and its residents,” Mastrokalos said.
During the reconstruction of the new facilities, the existing plant will stay in service, maintain operations and will conform to the NJPDES permit limits until the commissioning of the new wastewater treatment facility.
Mastrokalos added that proposed architecture includes brick buildings with standing seam mansard roofs with neutral earth-tone colors to mitigate visual impacts of the improvements along with sight lighting that will soften effects to the neighboring residential areas.
The wastewater site is located in the southwesternportion of Plainsboro Township and is adjacent to the Cranbury Brook and Amtrak Northeast Corridor Line.
The new plant is expected to be in service in December 2024, with final completion of construction expected in mid-2025.
Suez North America operates across all 50 states and Canada with 3,000 employees dedicated to environmental sustainability and smart and sustainable resource management. The company provides drinking water, wastewater and waste collection service to 6.7 million people on a daily basis. It treats 560 million gallons of water and over 440 million gallons of wastewater each day.
