When the Academy Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant in Brunswick, Ga., was built in the mid-1960s, it was located far from town and had a 100-foot buffer of tall pines between it and the nearest road — which was dirt.
Since then, population growth and infrastructure have transformed the 13.5 mgd design, 5.5 mgd average flow secondary treatment plant into a prominent structure next to a four-lane highway that serves as a gateway corridor into this popular tourist community.
"Along with population growth came the geographic expansion of the town," says Keith Morgan, director of the
