Wastewater

To Protect Public Health and the Environment Through Safe, Reliable, and Compliant Wastewater Treatment, Delivered by Skilled and Dedicated Operators Servicing Our Community.

About the Wastewater Department

The City of McCook Wastewater Department operates and maintains 50 miles of collections mains ranging in size from 4 inch to 36 inches.  The system uses both gravity and force mains, along with 5 lift stations to collect and send sewage to the Wastewater Treatment Facility located just southeast of town. The Treatment Facility was upgraded in 2006 to provide additional ammonia removal allowing capacity to remain at 1.75 million gallons per day. The plant currently operates at approximately .7 million gallons per day. The plant uses clarifiers, digesters, rotating biological contactors and aerated filtration to remove impurities from the wastewater.

The Wastewater Department is operated by 4 licensed operators through the State of Nebraska, governed by the City Council and under the direction of the City Manager and Utility Director. The City of McCook is licensed by the State of Nebraska Department of Environment & Energy NPDES permit No: NE0021504.  Treated water is discharged to the Republican River.

Staff

The Wastewater Department currently employs 4 operators, 1 Wastewater superintendent and 3 Wastewater service techs.  The 4 Wastewater operators maintain and operate the collection system, the Wastewater treatment facility, five lift stations and numerous manholes throughout the City of McCook.