In the old days, several communities in Alabama’s St. Clair County depended on individual wells for drinking water — sources that weren’t always reliable because of droughts, over-drafting and water-quality issues.Yet economic development and population growth in the area, including a major Honda automobile production facility, depended on the availability of clean water.Today, the communities are served by a state-of-the art regional water treatment plant and system. Source water is drawn from an abandoned rock quarry fed by the Coosa River, and the treatment facility includes the state’s first Superpulsator upflow clarifier (Infilco Degremont) applied to drinking water. It’s an
Pulling Together
A group of Alabama communities create a water district and deploy an innovative technology to produce abundant, high-quality water for today’s and future needs.
Aug 14, 2014
| by Jim Force |
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Alabama
Wastewater Treatment System
Infilco Degremont, Inc.
Dual-Media Filtration
Leopold - a Xylem Brand
Flowmeter
Master Meter, Inc.
SCADA Systems
MR Systems
Consulting/Engineering/Design Services
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood
Phipps & Bird Inc.
Water Testing
ProMinent Fluid Controls, Inc.
Metering Pump
Hach Company
pH Meters
Turbidimeter
