City of Omaha
Northeast Omaha High-Rate Treatment Basin (NEOHRTB)
August 11th, 2026
Lunch will be served at 11:45am
Presentation will begin at noon
This meeting will be In-Person with a Virtual Option
This meeting will be held at the Scott Conference Center (6450 Pine Street in Aksarben). Free Parking in Lot 9 across street (Figure included below). Please submit any unique diet requests a week in advance.
A virtual Teams Option will also be available. Virtual meeting log-in information will be sent out the Monday prior to the club meeting.
Presentation:
The City of Omaha’s Northeast Omaha High-Rate Treatment Basin (NEOHRTB) system is identified as one of the primary control measures remaining to be constructed to reduce wet weather overflows in the Missouri River Watershed (MRW), particularly from four (4) Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Outfalls: CSO 105 Minne Lusa, CSO 106 North Interceptor, CSO 107 Grace Street, and CSO 108 Burt-Izard. Combined sewage passing through the HRTB will receive disinfection, solids settling, and dechlorination before being discharged to the Missouri River. Captured volume in the tank will be dewatered back into the collection system for subsequent conveyance and treatment at the Missouri River Water Resource Recovery Facility (MRWRRF). The HRTB will significantly reduce the volume of untreated CSOs, total suspended solids (TSS), and E. coli bacteria entering the Missouri River.
The major components that will make up the Northeast Omaha High-Rate Treatment Basin (NEOHRTB) system and their Construction Packages include:
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Grace Street and North Interceptor Dry Weather Flow (DWF) Diversion Rehabilitation (Package 4)
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11th and Izard Active Control (IZAC) (Package 2)
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11th and Izard Grit and Screening Facility (IZ GSF) (Package 2)
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North Downtown Conveyance Sewer (NDCS) (Package 1)
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Grace Street Ditch Active Control (GDAC) (Package 3)
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Northeast Omaha HRTB (NEOHRTB) (Package 4)
Packages 1 and 2 are currently in bidding phase, with construction planned to start in December 2026. Packages 3 and 4 are currently in Preliminary Design phase, which is expected to be completed in January 2027. This presentation will provide an overview of the scope of work of the project and a general overview of the schedule of the remaining work through construction, and how these fit into the City of Omaha’s CSO Long-Term Control Plan.
Presenters:
John Weiland, P.E. is a Senior Project Manager in Wade Trim’s Water market segment with over 25 years of experience planning, designing, and delivering complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects throughout the Midwest. He holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Scott Aurit, P.E. is the NE/IA Water Business Group Project Delivery Leader at HDR with over 25 years of experience. His combined sewer overflow program and project management experience includes numerous wastewater conveyance projects and oversight of the implementation of wastewater treatment plant improvements, pump station improvements, tunnel projects, large diameter force main projects, and high-rate treatment facilities. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from UNL.
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