NACWA advocates control of nonpoint pollution sources as a key to reducing nutrient loadings to the nation’s waters.

A 1,650-acre wetland gives the City of Orlando an effective resource for nutrient removal — and a popular attraction for nature observers.

It’s time to embrace the fact that point sources are no longer the biggest contributors to nutrients in our waterways – and to start acting accordingly.

Wastewater treatment methods vary from open-air aerated chemically treated lagoons to moving-bed biological and membrane reactors. Here are several systems that are on the cutting edge of wastewater treatment technology.