Wastewater treatment plant operators working for the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District serving Vail and Aspen, Colorado, recently saw a 40% reduction of flow as ski resorts were ordered to close due to COVID-19 — a change that threatened the delicate biological balance of the facility.
“In Vail, our staff had to basically turn off two-thirds of the plant in only four days,” Diane Johnson tells the Colorado Sun. That meant staff had to adjust the biological processes for billions of microorganisms.Thankfully, workers were able to respond to the unexpected change quickly enough, since they deal with a similar change
News Briefs: Colorado WWTP Sees 40% Flow Reduction After Virus Closes Ski Resorts
Also in this week's water and wastewater news, a boil-water advisory will likely remain in effect until September for Fort McMurray in Alberta due to local flooding
May 06, 2020
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