Comments on: Partnership Recycles 10 Billion Gallons Of ECUA Reclaimed Water http://www.northescambia.com/2015/06/partnership-recyles-10-billion-gallons-of-ecua-reclaimed-water Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: David Huie Green http://www.northescambia.com/2015/06/partnership-recyles-10-billion-gallons-of-ecua-reclaimed-water/comment-page-1#comment-301010 David Huie Green Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:14:41 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=220065#comment-301010 REGARDING: "What happens to the water after Gulf Power uses it? I just don’t understand how zero discharge works." Mainly it's evaporated and dispersed in the atmosphere, to fall later as rain. From: http://www.gulfpower.com/community/stewardship/air/plant-crist-more-info.cshtml "Plant Crist will receive 17 to 20 million gallons per day of treated wastewater which will be used as process water for the scrubber. Almost 15 million gallons a day of that water will be evaporated through the associated processes. "Then about 2.5 million gallons a day returns to ECUA to be dispersed over spray fields or heads to the new plant for re-treatment." David for rainwater REGARDING:
“What happens to the water after Gulf Power uses it? I just don’t understand how zero discharge works.”

Mainly it’s evaporated and dispersed in the atmosphere, to fall later as rain.

From:
http://www.gulfpower.com/community/stewardship/air/plant-crist-more-info.cshtml
“Plant Crist will receive 17 to 20 million gallons per day of treated wastewater which will be used as process water for the scrubber. Almost 15 million gallons a day of that water will be evaporated through the associated processes.

“Then about 2.5 million gallons a day returns to ECUA to be dispersed over spray fields or heads to the new plant for re-treatment.”

David for rainwater

]]> By: BT http://www.northescambia.com/2015/06/partnership-recyles-10-billion-gallons-of-ecua-reclaimed-water/comment-page-1#comment-300917 BT Tue, 23 Jun 2015 02:45:29 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=220065#comment-300917 What happens to the water after Gulf Power uses it? I just don't understand how zero discharge works. What happens to the water after Gulf Power uses it? I just don’t understand how zero discharge works.

]]> By: Eric Ericson http://www.northescambia.com/2015/06/partnership-recyles-10-billion-gallons-of-ecua-reclaimed-water/comment-page-1#comment-300883 Eric Ericson Mon, 22 Jun 2015 14:23:17 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=220065#comment-300883 So, ECUA sends treated wastewater to Gulf Power's Crist Plant and Crist sends it to the paper mill for them to dispose of the water in wetlands and marginal uplands at the edge of Perdido Bay. I guess it is better than pumping it directly into a bay. I wonder if the wastewater from the scrubbers contains bad stuff, and is this filtered out before the paper mill disposes of it on land. So, ECUA sends treated wastewater to Gulf Power’s Crist Plant and Crist sends it to the paper mill for them to dispose of the water in wetlands and marginal uplands at the edge of Perdido Bay.

I guess it is better than pumping it directly into a bay.

I wonder if the wastewater from the scrubbers contains bad stuff, and is this filtered out before the paper mill disposes of it on land.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.northescambia.com/2015/06/partnership-recyles-10-billion-gallons-of-ecua-reclaimed-water/comment-page-1#comment-300870 Dennis Mon, 22 Jun 2015 11:32:57 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=220065#comment-300870 Thanks ECUA and Gulf Power!! Thanks ECUA and Gulf Power!!

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