Walk around the new Rock Falls (Ill.) Water Reclamation Facility and you can see and feel that it’s different.
Skylights and windows brighten the buildings. Ample stairways connect levels instead of ladders or narrow metal steps. Pumps are mounted away from the walls to allow easy servicing. There are no confined spaces anywhere. The laboratory is spacious; influent and final effluent samples are piped right in.
There’s a lunch and break room with space outside for a picnic table. There’s a shower, and a washer and dryer for team members’ uniforms. Each building has a restroom. Everything from the headworks to the
