Aspen Ice
Aspen Ice, a subsidiary of Carco Enterprises, is a privately owned
indoor ice skating and hockey training facility in Randolph, New
Jersey, GGA Engineering was retained to plan, design and
secure permits for a system that would collect, treat and recycle
wastewater and storm water at the site.
While Aspen Ice’s ice-making operations and locker room showers produce
significant volumes of wastewater, most of the 6,000 gallons processed
daily are used to maintain the ice at a constant temperature. The
mountaintop location of the facility presented a challenge due to the
shallow soil depth of the rock ledge. Further complicating the design
was the limited land mass available for disposal beds.
Locating the overflow disposal beds under the automobile parking area,
GGA Engineering developed a subsurface collection and storage system
that blends the treated waste with storm water collected on the site for
use in the cooling towers.
A requirement by the owner that the wastewater treatment plant be located
within the skating facility itself was also met. GGA conceived a
unique split level treatment plant that not only fit comfortably within
the allowed space, but provided easy outside access to each of the treatment
floors. This plan provides for highly efficient use of treated wastewater
for toilet flushing, with overflow being carefully mixed with storm water
before distribution to the disposal beds.
Since beginning operations in 2003, fewer than 100 gallons per year of
treated wastewater has been disposed of in the underground beds. The entire
system has operated smoothly since 2003. Mr. Robert Carrigino, owner of
Carco Enterprises, has maintained that the project "would not work
nearly as well" without the insight and engineering innovation of
GGA Engineering.
Benefits
Combined storm water and recycled wastewater for beneficial use.
Recreational use of recycled wastewater.
Allowed additional parking by creating unique disposal bed.
Designed multistory treatment facility to conform to architectural requirements.
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