Distributed wastewater systems: a better solution for your growing community or municipality.
Excess nitrogen infiltrating our waterways here in Hillsborough County, Florida can lead to nutrient pollution. While our state, county, and local governments work to address the issues, it can pose challenges for new developments. Cost, logistics, and engineering to meet standards have been difficult and have limited parcels of land for development in the past.
Until recently, solutions for limiting nitrogen contamination posed planning, permitting, and engineering obstacles. With distributed wastewater systems and the implementation of DWTUs, cost-effective and more efficient systems with built-in monitoring open up areas not previously fit for development. This means that developers, municipalities, and counties have many more options as DWTUs have the potential for expedited integration and allow scaling from a handful of units up to thousands of units.
Distributed wastewater system technology also improves on the up-front costs of traditional systems. Managing, monitoring, and treating wastewater close to its source, rather than relying on a central, large-scale treatment plant, reduces the requirements of a largescale wastewater collection system. Instead, DWTUs use a single permit for the network of wastewater treatment infrastructure necessary and reduces the timelines from weeks or months to days. These systems are ideal for smaller communities, rural areas, or even individual homes where connecting to a central treatment facility is not feasible or cost effective.
Distributed wastewater systems can be designed to be modular, meaning that treatment units can be added or removed as needed to meet changing demands. This allows for flexibility in handling different population sizes or wastewater loads. Additionally, these systems are built with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) monitoring that gives management a real-time overview. By controlling, monitoring, and analyzing the DWTU system via software and hardware components, remote and on-site data from the industrial equipment flags any potential issues and allows for efficiencies within.
At Distributed Wastewater, we are committed to helping local governments and commercial developers in Hillsborough County, Florida to expand the potential for future communities and developments. If your municipality, HOA, or engineering division is looking for efficiencies and options for effective wastewater treatment as their populations grow over time, the new frontier provided by distributed wastewater treatment is worth exploring. For more information about distributed wastewater systems and to start planning for the wastewater treatment needs of your community, reach out to us today.
At Distributed Wastewater, we design and engineer distributed wastewater systems throughout Florida, including Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Pasco County, Polk County, Hernando County, Citrus County, Manatee County, Sumter County, Marion County, and Lake County.
