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The Authority has two wastewater treatment facilities and three lift stations. There are approximately 40 miles of PVC collection lines. There is also 3.0 miles of forced main with approximately 50 grinder pumps. The Authority maintains the grinder pumps on the system. The Perkiomen treatment plant is used for pretreatment of industrial waste located in the industrial park. The Authority has recently completed an upgrade to this plant to give it a design rating of 98,000 gpd. The plant is currently operating at an average of 40,000 gpd.

The Macoby facility is a sequential batch reactor and effluent treatment is done with ultra-violet lighting. The Macoby Creek wastewater treatment plant is a sequential batch plant. It has a design rating of 450,000 gpd and has a daily treatment rate of near 150,000 gpd. The Authority treats wastewater with liquid alum, and with ultra-violet light. Effluent from the plant is discharged into a branch of the Perkiomen Creek.