Thirsty New Jersey Township Working To Recharge Aquifer

摘要

Faced with dwindling potable water supplies and concerned about taming emerging waterborne illnesses, one burgeoning New Jersey community has begun designing the region's first indirect potable water reuse treatment and aquifer injection system. The $15.2-million system being developed by the Logan Township Municipal Utilities Authority will replace a conventional activated sludge package plant with a membrane bioreactor at an existing wastewater treatment facility then reclaim the effluent to potable standards using advanced technologies. The authority currently operates a wastewater treatment facility consisting of two, 1 mgd plants. Effluent is used for landscape irrigation and dust control to help curb demand on the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifers.