Stroudsburg, PA
Brodhead Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant
Regional wastewater treatment and service expansion
Stroudsburg’s borough plant became a regional treatment facility. The expansion increased treatment capacity while neighboring communities arranged to share service and protect the receiving streams. [1] [3] [4]
- Current approved treatment capacity [4]
- 4.5M gal/day
- Upgrade program reported by the authority [6]
- $37M
- Design capacity before expansion [3]
- 2.5M gal/day
- Residents served · 2022 [5]
- 17,832
Why it happened
Stroudsburg and neighboring municipalities needed treatment capacity for a shared service area. A regional agreement provided for transfer of the former borough plant to the Brodhead Creek Regional Authority, which took ownership and began operating it in March 2011. [2] [1]
What was built
The Delaware River Basin Commission approved expansion from 2.5 to 4.5 million gallons per day and conversion to sequencing batch treatment. The current facility treats wastewater in batches and uses ultraviolet disinfection before discharge to McMichael Creek. [3] [4]
What changed
The facility treats wastewater from Stroudsburg and portions of Stroud, Pocono, Paradise, Hamilton, and Tobyhanna townships. Its discharge is regulated within the Delaware River Basin’s Special Protection Waters framework. [4]
Project team
Project photos
Site location
See the plant in Stroudsburg near the confluence of McMichael Creek and Brodhead Creek.
Project records
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Municipal agreement · Regional wastewater service
Agreement setting out transfer of the borough plant and shared service.
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Federal Register · Stroudsburg expansion notice
Page 51129 describes the proposed increase in design flow and conversion to sequencing batch treatment.
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Delaware River Basin Commission · 2024 facility docket
Approved service area, treatment process, discharge, and receiving waters.
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EPA · 2022 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey
Residential population reported for the treatment facility in the 2022 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey. View facility survey data (JSON)
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Brodhead Creek Regional Authority · History
The authority’s account of the $37 million upgrade and expansion program.