The Quonset Point Wastewater Treatment Facility differs greatly from most clean-water plants: a large majority of its influent comes from commercial and industrial dischargers.
The plant in North Kingston, Rhode Island, mainly serves the 3,198-acre Quonset Business Park on Narragansett Bay. The park is the home to 250 companies employing almost 15,000 people, generating $5.9 billion in economic output annually. Among most noteworthy is Electric Boat Quonset Point, which has built submarines for the Navy for the past 50 years.David Bruno is the superintendent and pretreatment coordinator for the plant, operated by the Quonset Development Corporation. He was recently promoted from
