Virginia Plant Tackles Tightening Nutrient Permit Limits With Gusto

Operators at the H.L. Mooney Advanced Water Reclamation Facility meet the challenges of being neighborly and cutting down nutrient discharges.
Virginia Plant Tackles Tightening Nutrient Permit Limits With Gusto
Rachel Carlson, water reclamation operations manager, stands with the operating staff at the H.L. Mooney facility. From left, Timothy Krisner, Patrick Hills, Mike Failor, Charles Egharevba, Carlson, Michael Lawson, Robert Peterson, Vincent Taylor and James Nicely.

Thirty-five years ago, the wastewater treatment plant serving the east half of Virginia’s Prince William County lay mostly isolated, surrounded by woods.

Today, development has encroached on three sides; high-end homes in subdivisions stand as close as 200 yards away. The...

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