It might not have been the parting of the Red Sea, but the early-morning chlorine contact chamber diversion at the Middle Oconee Water Reclamation Facility in Athens-Clarke County, Ga., was pretty dramatic.
While continuing to operate and maintain compliance during a major construction program, the plant staff and contractor needed to stop plant flow for several hours so one of two chlorine contact chambers could be taken down for conversion to UV disinfection.
“We worked on a plan several weeks in advance,” says plant operations supervisor Tim Holder. “Everyone knew exactly what to do.” Without the luxury of an equalization basin, Holder’s
