First Water Reuse Plant in Georgia Opens Fulton County, located
on the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia, officially opened its new
water reclamation plant this week in a special ribbon cutting
ceremony. The Cauley Creek Water Reclamation plant is the first
in Georgia to use ultrafiltration membrane technology and is
also the first to have a comprehensive reuse program. This
facility is based on Zenon's ZenoGem(R) membrane bioreactor that
will treat area wastewater to near drinking water standards. In
an effort to decrease the amount of water withdrawn from the
Chattahoochee River, the treated effluent will be used to
irrigate surrounding golf courses, churches, residential
developments and area businesses. This in turn will reduce
demand on the county's drinking water system. What makes this
plant different from others are the special architectural
features that make it look like a barn in a pastoral setting,
surrounded by 135 acres of hayfields with landscaped buffers.
These design features, as well as total od