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Florida Wastewater Treatment Facility Wins Earle B. Phelps Award
The Fiesta Village Advanced Wastewater Treatment (AWT) Plant in Lee County,
Fla. has received the 2003 Earle B. Phelps Award for Best AWT facility in
the state. Using Severn Trent Services' TETRA™
filters for denitrification, the plant has received the Phelps Award
nine times in the past 13 years. The award was presented by the Florida
Water Environment Association at its Florida Water Resources Conference
on May 18.
The Earle B. Phelps Award, established in 1964, honors outstanding treatment
plants in Florida that have maintained the highest removal of pollutants.
Awards are given in three categories: advanced treatment; advanced secondary
facilities; and secondary treatment facilities. Plant size also is considered,
with nominees being evaluated against facilities of the same relative size
and treatment type.
Established in 1985, Fiesta Village is a five million gallons a day advanced
activated sludge wastewater treatment plant. The facility processes wastewater
for the South Ft. Myers and Cypress Lakes areas producing quality effluent
to be utilized as reuse. The reuse system consists of approximately 3 miles
of reuse distribution mains that provide irrigation for golf courses and
other entities. If reuse is not being utilized, the plant is permitted to
discharge to the Caloosahatchee River.
The Fiesta Village plant uses an oxidation ditch activated sludge process
that incorporates nitrification/denitrification zones and phosphorus removal.
The activated sludge is then separated in a clarifier where the activated
sludge sinks to the bottom and the effluent is sent to filters. The activated
sludge is either returned to the plant process or stabilized in digesters.
Once stabilized, these nutrient-rich biosolids are then used for fertilizer
in fields. The effluent is filtered and disinfected with chlorine and sent
to reuse customers within the reuse system. If the effluent is being discharged
to the river, it is injected with sulfur dioxide to remove the chlorine
from the effluent.
In addition to the Phelps Award, the facility has won numerous honors for
advanced wastewater treatment. Water and Wastewater Solutions congratulates
Fiesta Village for its outstanding record of achievement.
For more information, email info@severntrentservices.com.
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