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 biosolids and effluent as it serves this community of 75,000 in southern Sarasota County, just inland from Venice.
Biosolids are turned into Class AA compost for use in landscaping and gardening, some of it in the community’s Employee Garden. Effluent passes to a reclaim storage tank and then is recycled as irrigation water for area lawns, parks and golf courses, or is pumped
