The Fairhope Times

Fairhope, Alabama thefairhopetimes.blogspot.com    Headworks upgrade. 'HEADWORKS' A year-long capacity upgrade to the city's N. Church Street sewage treatment plant's 'headworks' has been completed; final testing has begun, according to sewage department manager Morefield. The headworks is where the wastewater first-enters the treatment plant, and is the first stage of filtering. Cost was $4.9 million; a $1.2 million state environmental grant offset some of that (ADEM). From a May 2025 FT report: "A project to upgrade the city's wastewater treatment plant's headworks is about to begin using a $1.2 million federal ARPA grant disbursed by ADEM.  Taylor Corporation was the low bidder at $4.9 million; $5 million was budgeted by the city for it this year.  Krebs is the engineer for the project. The project had been delayed getting started due to parts shortages. From a 2023 Fairhope Times report: "... the head works is the point all the wastewa...