Newsworthy Events
Updates and News From Great WestMT Rural Water Presentations
Interested in learning more about what we have been up to lately? Great West team members will be presenting this week at the 38th Annual Montana Rural Water Conference, detailed info below. Storage & Irrigation Wastewater Rehabilitation Wednesday, February 22nd...
Project Spotlight – City of Glendive’s New Water Resource Recovery Facility
The City of Glendive operated 75 acres of an aging facultative lagoon treatment system that discharged into a small creek, that at certain times of year had no running water (Glendive Creek). With the old lagoons, the City experienced BOD5 and TSS permit violations. ...
Montana Infrastructure Focus
2017 Legislative Session Funding of Montana’s critical infrastructure took center stage during the 2015 Legislative Session and is positioned to be a key issue throughout the 2017 Session. For the first time in many years, the Montana legislature is confronted with...
Toys for Tots Collection Site
Great West Engineering is a Toys for Tots collection site. If you are looking for a location to drop your new unused toy at, please visit us at 2501 Belt View Drive in Helena.
Wastewater Lagoon Sludge Disposal The Ins and Outs
One of the primary mechanisms for treatment of wastewater within a lagoon system is solids settling. Settled solids contain dirt, sand, and other debris as well as biological floc, inorganic compounds, heavy metals, and nutrients. Over time settled solids, referred...
Craig Erickson Selected as AGWA Local Government Chair
We are pleased to announce Craig Erickson, CGW of Great West Engineering has been selected as the Local Government Chair for the American Grant Writers Association (AGWA). The AGWA is the national association of professional grant writers, grant researchers, and grant...
WEFTEC® Conference – What We Learned
WEFTEC®, the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, is the largest conference of its kind in North America and offers water quality professionals from around the world the best water quality education and training available today. ...
Water Improvement Project
Sun Prairie Village County Water and Sewer District is a community located about 8 miles northwest of Great Falls, Montana. The community is a residential development constructed in the late 1970s. Most of the water and sewer infrastructure was installed during the...
Updated Landfill Gas Rules: What You Need to Know
On July 15, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced final updates to its New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to reduce emissions of methane-rich landfill gas from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. In a separate action, EPA also issued...
Spring Showers Bring Floods Instead of Flowers
WHEN SPRING SHOWERS BRING FLOODS INSTEAD OF FLOWERS Although we are relieved to see the weather is warming, warmer temperatures can bring crazy weather and related flooding events. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Spring Flood Risk...