Gloversville Johnstown Joint Wastewater Treatment Facilities

The Gloversville-Johnstown Joint Wastewater Treatment Facility at 191 Union Avenue Extension in Johnstown treats all sewage from both cities, about 25,000 residents, along with two dozen industries and roughly 100 users outside the city limits. The plant can process up to 13.8 million gallons a day of domestic and industrial wastewater.

A six-member Joint Sewer Board, three appointees from each city, oversees operations, which are carried out by 28 employees. The treatment train runs from preliminary and primary treatment through biological treatment, final settling, sludge thickening, anaerobic digestion and dewatering.

What to know

• The plant recovers energy from digester gas produced during anaerobic digestion.
• An overflow retention facility holds wet-weather flows for later treatment.
• The facility runs a state-certified ELAP laboratory and an odor hotline.
• Bobbi Trudel chairs the 2026 sewer board, and the state discharge permit number is 0026042.