Due to recent expansion to the existing complex and the absorption of prisoners from decommissioned prisons, the wastewater treatment plant at Tennessee Department of Correction’s detention facility at Bledsoe County could no longer meet the demand of the population. J. Cumby Construction has been selected to expand and improve the wastewater processing facility, doubling the plant’s processing capacity, adding redundancy to the system, and improving the processed water distribution system.

The expansion includes the addition of an Influent equalization basin, two sequencing batch reactor tanks with pump station, a post equalization basin, effluent filters, and a ten million gallon effluent storage tank with effluent pump station. Also included in the project scope is a control building expansion to accommodate electrical and mechanical component additions and a twenty acre effluent spray distribution field.

Project Specs:

  • Location: Pikeville, TN

  • Completion Date: Anticipated - March 2021

  • $15,000,000+ Contract Value