![At North Port, Nothing Is Wasted. The Clean-Water Plant Even Has a Garden Where Operators Grow Healthy Foods](https://cole-tpomag.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tpomag.com%2Fuploads%2Fimages%2Fnorthport_tpo-93.jpg?crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=620&ixlib=php-1.1.0&q=75&w=1024&s=ed830c578a8a5d8d62584bef08173e1b)
Superintendent Marc Beauregard (right) has high praise for operators like Mark Garwood and the plant’s instrumentation and control team.
Look up the word “efficient” and you’ll find it defined as “producing desired results without wasting materials, time or energy.”
That certainly describes the main wastewater treatment plant in North Port, Florida. This 7.0 mgd (design) plant recycles all of its...