Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
Finding less capital-extensive solutions that can extend the life and preserve the capacity of existing centralized systems is also a high priority in many communities that have aging or undersized water resource recovery facilities and are open to smart sustainable development. Advanced onsite wastewater treatment systems provide options that protect local waterways and water supplies, upgrade...
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Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
Some towns and municipalities have a centralized water resource recovery facility, but it is overburdened and cannot support community growth. In this case, large decentralized systems can be designed to handle new, large-flow commercial and industrial development – decreasing the hydraulic and nutrient stress placed on centralized facilities and augmenting the capacity to sustain community...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
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Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
Many packaged treatment systems have proven performance in not only obtaining exceptional secondary effluent quality but also accomplishing nutrient removal and disinfection. Just about any treatment system technology available for large-scale plants is now available to develop small easy-installation systems to meet even the most stringent effluent requirements. Activated sludge systems,...
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Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
Groundwater resources are diminishing. Aquifer depletion is causing sinkholes that swallow up land and homes. Equally dramatic, large areas of land in the San Joaquin River Valley in California fell a staggering 27 meters (90 feet) since 1925, due to groundwater depletion. Using soil dispersal as part of the overall design of a centralized or decentralized wastewater collection/treatment/dispersal...
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Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
A holistic approach is to embrace water reuse, including wastewater. Technologies are available to treat wastewater to acceptable standards prior to reuse. These standards vary depending on how that water will be used. For example, irrigation water for landscaping may require lower levels of treatment as compared to reuse for non-potable indoor uses such as toilet flushing or cooling that...
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Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
Advanced decentralized wastewater treatment systems of a scale that will support smart development also need to be professionally managed. Professional management enhances quality control of the waste treatment process and elevates these decentralized solutions in the eyes of area utilities as viable, cost-effective, long-term solutions.
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Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
Onsite distributed wastewater treatment and dispersal systems installed at Forest Lakes Country Club – a four-season resort community outside Halifax in Ardoise, Nova Scotia – is an example of the combined approach. The development includes 2,700 single-family, townhouse, and multi-unit buildings as residences, as well as a golf course and commercial and retail operations. The Ardoise...
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Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
The homes at Forest Lakes incorporate the latest in sustainable building practices to reduce energy and water consumption. Due to the overall size of the resort community and the wide range of developments at the site, traditional onsite wastewater treatment was not a viable option for most of the community. The minimum lot sizes for individual dispersal fields would have greatly impacted lot...
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Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
Terra Firma Development used a phased approach to development including distributed treatment for collection, treatment, and dispersal of residential sanitary wastewater. A key design consideration was that the systems work reliably and continuously through all seasons in the northern, maritime climate typical of Nova Scotia. The initial neighbourhood system, serving 50 single-family...
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Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
Finding cost-effective sustainable solutions for wastewater infrastructure challenges is a balancing act for communities and wastewater engineers. Local codes, proximity to water bodies, and anticipated daily flows are key factors for individual, commercial, or community systems. Technology continues to be developed that helps communities comply with stringent regulations. Environmental demands...
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Description: Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems
Infiltrator Water Technologies’ Engineered Systems Specialist Allison Blodig has more than 20 years of experience in designing, inspecting, and troubleshooting many types of decentralized systems. Blodig is a Registered Environment Health Specialist with the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA). The company is based in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, United States.
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Combined approach provides optimum solution for growing systems