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UV Technology Helps Georgia Wastewater Plant Earn USEPA Recognition
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2008.tb08135.x
Subject(s) - land reclamation , wastewater , environmental science , waste management , sewage treatment , pollution , environmental engineering , engineering , geography , archaeology , ecology , biology
This article announces that the Flat Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Gainesville, Georgia, is using ultraviolet (UV) disinfection equipment from Aquionics to keep the plant's treated wastewater well below permit limits for fecal samples required by the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). The Flat Creek plant's performance also has earned it a second place award for operations and maintenance in the large advanced wastewater treatment plant category in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA's) 2007 Clean Water Act Recognition Awards. Gainesville's Flat Creek Water Reclamation Facility, which serves more than 33,000 people, was recognized by USEPA for optimizing its treatment process with the use of inline flow equalization.