Sometimes a clean-water plant that has performed reliably for years simply gets old and needs renewal. That’s the case at the East Central Regional Water Reclamation Facility in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The facility is undergoing major upgrades of its biological treatment and biosolids processes. Meanwhile, the team at West Palm Beach Public Utilities has stepped up recruitment and training to ensure a highly capable operations workforce far into the future.
The East Central Regional facility (70 mgd design, 44 mgd average) sends about 50% of its effluent to deep injection wells. The balance goes to Florida Power & Light’s West
