Clayton County, Georgia, USA – Operating Reservoir Augmentation supplying 6 cities
CCWA pride themselves on an innovative water treatment process. CCWA employ constructed treatment wetlands as a final treatment stage of water reclamation.
The Huie Wetlands contain over 260 wetted acres and is currently designed to treat up to 17.4 million gallons (65 million litres) per day from the W.B. Casey Water Resource Recovery Facility. On average, the Panhandle Wetlands receives between 1.5 and 2 million gallons (5.5 – 7.5 million litres) of water daily from Shoal Creek Water Reclamation Facility. Effluent from the treatment wetlands is discharged into two of CCWA’s reservoirs, where it is “reclaimed” as raw water and eventually withdrawn for drinking water production.
Constructed wetlands treatment is a natural process involving plants, soils and the bacteria naturally occurring within the aquatic ecosystem all playing a part in removing residual nutrients. The level of treatment achieved through this process provides a finished product that is in accordance with all U.S. Environment Protection Agency and Georgia Environmental Protection Division regulations.