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Water Filtration Plant The present 40 MGD capacity is a far cry from the 2 MGD of over 75 years ago.
In 1975 the Avon Lake Municipal Utilities contracted to sell water to the Rural Lorain County Water Authority. This agreement facilitated the 1980 expansion to a capacity of 10 MGD. Following this ten-year construction trend the water plant expanded again in 1990 to 25 MGD, and in 2000 to 40 MGD. The current 2004 expansion will add two new dual cell filters that will increase the plant’s filtering capacity to 60 MGD to satisfy the area’s future need for high quality drinking water by 2005.
The Avon Lake WFP supplies drinking water to the Cities of Avon Lake, Avon, Sheffield Lake, North Ridgeville, Medina and the County of Medina. The plant also supplies water to the Rural Lorain County Water Authority (RLCWA), which serves areas of rural Lorain County and the Villages of LaGrange, Sheffield, Grafton, Kipton and Spencer. These customers consume approximately 79% of the total water produced at the WFP.
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The original Avon Lake Water Filtration Plant (WFP) was built in 1926 to serve the City of Avon Lake with a maximum capacity of 2 million gallons per day (MGD). The City of Avon Lake contracted to sell water to the City of Avon in 1953. In 1956, the plant was revised and enlarged to a capacity of 4 MGD and in 1959 the city contracted with Sheffield Lake to supply their water. In 1960, a new raw water intake and pump stations were constructed in anticipation of the next expansion in 1968 to 6 MGD.
Since the original plant was constructed, the existing service area has grown to include the residents of the City and sales of bulk water to a number of communities, mainly in Lorain and Medina Counties. Water demand in the 600 square mile service area is steadily increasing. The average daily production of finished water increased from 14.2 MGD in 1995 to 21.97 MGD in 2005, representing a 55% increase during the 10-year period!
