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Check the Current box if you want the alert to be triggered when you exceed the entered value. Check the Projected box if you want the alert to be triggered when usage is trending to exceed the entered value. 

Threshold alerts are sent to you automatically by the AquaHawksystem either when your entered threshold value is surpassed (the Current box was checked) or is trending to be surpassed (the Projected box was checked).

Billing Period Threshold alerts are sent once per billing period. Water Use Threshold alerts may be sent more frequently, depending on which fields you used to enter data. 

Current Billing Period | Shows the approximate first and last dates of the current billing cycle. It also shows the number of days that have passed in the billing period.

Estimated Bill | The Estimated Bill is an approximation of your utility bill, based on the last meter read received. AquaHawk incorporates your utility's rate tiers and dynamically updates the Estimated Bill amount throughout the billing cycle. Move your mouse over Estimated Bill row, click it, and you can see how your bill was calculated. 

Projected Bill | The Projected Bill amount is an estimate of your final bill based on your usage patterns throughout the billing cycle. This amount is dynamically updated every time the system receives new meter data. 

Estimated and Projected Bill Breakdown | Move your mouse over the Estimated Bill row, click it, and you can see how your bill was calculated. 

Standard Waste: septage, holding tank, portable toilet, and municipal sludge

Non-Standard Waste: landfill leachate, wash waters and condensates, industrial sludge and wastewater, miscellaneous waste, and industrial holding tank

Processing and disposal of sludge is one of the most serious problem encountered in wastewater treatment in terms of environment, technology and budget. Sludge stabilization and associated cost represents a major part of the total cost in any wastewater treatment plant, it can account for 50-60% of the total expense of wastewater treatment plant operating budget. Sludge arising during treatment of municipal wastewater presents a valuable source of organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and some trace elements. Wastewater treatment plants’ optimum solution for disposal of sludge is in agriculture.

MAWSA is committed to the environment and uses land application for its sludge disposal. The Authority operates under PA DEP NPDES permit for disposal of Class “B “sludge.

The goal is to reduce or remove organic matter, solids, nutrients, disease-causing organisms and other pollutants from wastewater. Each receiving body of water has limits to the amount of pollutants it can receive without degradation. Manheim Area Water & Sewer Authority Wastewater Treatment Plant must hold a permit listing the allowable levels of BOD, suspended solids, coliform bacteria and other pollutants. The discharge permits are called NPDES permits which stands for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. Final treatment focuses on removal of disease-causing organisms from wastewater. Treated wastewater is disinfected by adding chlorine.

The wastewater plant processes an average of 800,000 GPD with a  permitted capacity of 2,300,000 GPD hydraulic and organic capacity.

MAWSA utilizes 2 wells drilled into the Eplea formation aquifer, which lies approximately 200 feet below the Earth’s surface. Raw water is drawn, treated and stored, for transmission to our customer base. Having a safe source of water supply is very important to what we do, and we encourage all to protect ground water sources. Learn more about source water protection here, and more about water testing and quality here.