It was a case of turning a problem into an opportunity.
The Zion Crossroads Wastewater Treatment Plant was organically and hydraulically overloaded. At the same time, residents of a nearby historical district were concerned about the plant’s discharge going through their community from an old impoundment built years ago for flood control.
The solution? Build a new plant able to produce Class 1 effluent for reuse in golf course irrigation or discharge through a 10.5-mile force main to the South Anna River.
The new plant, in Louisa, Virginia, 20 miles east of Charlottesville, features a five-stage Bardenpho biological nutrient removal process
