Sanitary District Of Decatur

UtilitiesIllinois, United States11-50 Employees

The Sanitary District of Decatur is a utilities organization serving as the regional wastewater treatment authority for central Macon County, providing wastewater treatment services to the City of Decatur, the Village of Forsyth, the Village of Mt. Zion, and industrial and commercial users in the Decatur metropolitan area. It was formed in 1917, with the original treatment facility completed in 1924 and major expansions in 1928, 1957, 1964, and 1976; the current facility was completed in 1990. The facility provides preliminary and primary treatment, followed by a two-stage activated sludge biological process, with effluent disinfection by chlorination before discharge to the Sangamon River; sludges are stabilized by anaerobic digestion prior to disposal by land application on area farms. The district is located at 501 South Dipper Lane, Decatur, Illinois 62522, United States, and employs 11-50 people; it operates in the utilities industry. Its technology footprint includes AutoCAD, SCADA, Microsoft Office, PHP, Apache, JSON-LD, and related tools; recent organizational updates include the appointment of a MIS Coordinator and a Systems Integrator, and the launch of hotlines for community and Decatur-specific issue reporting in 2024.

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