New Plant Upgrades Water Treatment
Yellow River Water Reclamation Facility brings modern technology to the world of waste water treatment.
The newly updated Yellow River Water Reclamation Facility off Tom Smith Road in Lilburn is filling some mighty big shoes beginning this week. The $277 million wastewater treatment plant, an updated version of its old self, will make it possible for county officials to shut down six older, smaller plants that are much less efficient. The reason that can happen? Technology. The new facility uses "membrane bio-reactor technology," the first of its kind in Gwinnett County according to a media release from the Department of Water Resources. “The technology has been around for several years, but we let others pilot the technology until we were sure it was cost effective and would meet our state and federal permit requirements,” said acting Water…
