The Sewer Division is responsible for 17 wastewater treatment
facilities, over 100 wastewater pumping stations and approximately 800
miles of sanitary sewers transporting wastewater both to the
County-owned treatment plants and to those of the cities of Akron,
Barberton and Twinsburg, Village of Lakemore, Northeast Ohio
Regional Sewer District and Stark and Portage Counties.
The County-owned wastewater treatment
facilities include the Fishcreek and Springfield wastewater treatment
plants, each with an operating capacity of eight and four million gallons per
day (MGD), respectively.
The Fishcreek plant currently operates at 4.1 MGD and an average of 2.1
MGD was processed at the Springfield plant
during 2000 and is permitted for 5 MGD, enabling Summit County to serve
new users in developing areas of the City of Stow and adjacent areas.