Using recycled effluent instead of potable water for in-plant processes saves thousands of dollars every month at a wastewater treatment plant in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.Not long ago, the Lynn Lane Wastewater Treatment Plant was the city’s largest water consumer. Potable water was used for all the water-reclamation processes as well as cleaning at the plant (5-6 mgd average flow).“We were pulling in 100,000 to over 200,000 gpd of drinking water to run all of our processes,” says David Handy, facility manager. “That includes our washdown areas, water we use in the headworks for screening and grit removal, and chlorine disinfection.”
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