Growth has slowed in Charlotte County, Fla., but when it resumes, the folks at the Burnt Store Water Treatment Plant will be ready.“Whenever things start kicking back into gear in the Burnt Store corridor this plant is ready to go,” says Ben Jacobson, chief operator. Even though new construction in the area had come to a halt, Charlotte County Utilities expanded the Burnt Store plant to 3.61 mgd capacity and added new technology.Dating to 2010, the improvements included two production wells, two prefiltration units, three reverse osmosis (RO) units, chemical feed systems, two degasifiers, a high-service pump system, three clearwell
