“Be prepared.” That old Boy Scout motto might well be the watchword at the Tappahannock (Va.) Wastewater Treatment Plant.
In anticipation of new biological nutrient removal standards in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, the plant and town management engaged their designer, lined up funding, hired and trained operators, and educated ratepayers well in advance so as to be ready when the new regulations took effect on Jan. 1, 2011.
“Some places waited, but we didn’t,” says town manager Gayle Belfield. “Our style is to be proactive rather than reactive. We wanted to be at the head of the line.” The new standards call
