Due to the location of the facility, a treatment system with no discharge of treated water was needed. Solids recovered during the initial steps are used as an animal feed supplement. The low-rate anaerobic and aerobic process units provide final treatment and effluent polishing prior to land application. Another function of the low-rate process is to receive all biosolids produced in the various process and provide further degredation. This reduces the need to waste biosolids to once every three to five years.
Sufficient land is available to apply the biosolids to the land.
The aerobic system includes a 135 ft. by 279 ft. lagoon divided into facultative, seated and clarification zones. The land application process consists of an 80 acre fixed nozzle irrigation system. MRV is also providing contract operations for the first three years and assumes liability for meeting operating permit compliance.