Growing grapes and developing a vineyard might not be the first thing wastewater operators think of doing to upgrade the landscape of a treatment plant. But that’s exactly what the Clifton (Colo.) Sanitation District did to help transform a former biosolids lagoon site into a sustainable agricultural area and wildlife habitat.
When the two sanitation districts in Clifton merged in 2006, they agreed to build a new 2.5 mgd extended-aeration activated sludge treatment plant and reclaim the land once occupied by the three lagoon systems that had served both districts for 54 years.
Plant manager Brian Woods says that from the beginning,
