An award-winning local landmark recognized for its aluminum clad “digester eggs,” the Newtown Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant is the largest of 14 plants in New York City, serving more than a million people with clean water across 15,000 acres. Gilston Electric served as the primary contractor in the site’s expansion to increase capacity by 50 percent with the ground-up construction of a new Disinfection Building and Support Building.
Unique challenges included working within a biological and chemical hazard environment to deliver new substations, comprehensive motor control centers, and closed-circuit television systems with targeted signal transmissions and efficient power consumption. Gilston also deployed all necessary emergency system features, such as fire alarms and reliable emergency power through uninterruptible power supply electrical systems. Gilston installed fiber optic technology to ensure high-performing, long-distance data networking, and refurbished the site’s intercom paging system to enable plant employees readied communication. Finally, Gilston provided the power and lighting for Newtown Creek Nature Walk, which runs through the site.
