“Properly designed and operated land treatment systems produce a percolate water of high quality and thus protect ground and surface water resources,” Croom said. Soil and plants take up the ammonia, nitrogen and phosphorous, and a minimal amount of those nutrients reach the groundwater. Soil bacteria stabilize the remaining organic components. Here is how the process works, according to the Georgia EPD’s “Guidelines for Slow-Rate Lane Treatment by Spray Irrigation”: Wastewater is sprayed onto the land, where it evaporates or enters the groundwater. Newton County treats the wastewater, and then Covington sprays it onto 15 fields and lets Mother Nature do the rest. A lush forest, riparian and wetland areas, and grasslands cover 1,200 acres, soaking up the treated water and benefiting from the nutrients that would damage the lake.Ī conventional sewage treatment plant uses chemicals to pre-treat wastewater before depositing it into a lake or stream. The land application system has more than doubled in size to 2,000 acres and is now permitted for 9.6 million gallons per day of wastewater treatment capacity. Croom will retire next year from a job that he loves and a system that he has shepherded through four expansions. “They gave me a key to the gate, a map and a dog, and said, ‘Good luck,’” Croom said, laughing. In the 1970s, Lake Jackson in the Upper Ocmulgee River basin suffered high nitrogen levels and phosphorous, resulting in excessive lake algae.Īs a result of changes induced by the federal Clean Water Act of 1972, the city of Covington and Newton County Water & Sewerage Authority constructed a land application system to irrigate treated wastewater.ĭavid Croom, Covington’s Water Reclamation Division manager, was the first to oversee the new system in 1985. Mental Health and Homelessness Resources.Cities Connect: Bridging the Generation Gap.Cities Connect: Local Tourism and Your City.10 Important Ransomware Stats and What They Mean for Municipalities.Cities Connect: Housing Leadership: An Evolving Reality.Cities Connect: How to Support Afterschool and Summer Learning Programs.Cities Connect: Tools and Resources Available Through Trust for Public Land. ![]() Handbook for Pension Committee Secretaries.Handbook for Georgia Mayors and Councilmembers. ![]() Double Taxation Handbook: A Practical Guide to Calculating Double Taxation.A Budget Guide for Georgia’s Municipalities.The Cities of Georgia: Planting Seeds and Living Dreams.How Can Georgia’s Small Cities Survive in The Future?.Meet GMA CEO and Executive Director Larry Hanson.Two Cities Selected for 2021 Georgia Smart Communities Challenge.GMA Executive Director, Mayors Named to Georgia Trend’s 100 Most Influential Georgians.Firefighter Cancer: 2021 Incentive Winners and 2022 LGRMS Action Plan.2022 Georgia Smart Communities Challenge Winners Announced.You’re Invited: Attend the QLG Workshop in Cartersville.GMA Survey: City Officials Oppose Increased Truck Weights.Local Government Risk Management Services.Georgia Initiative for Community Housing.Municipal Revenue Administration Certificate Program.Legislative Policy Council & Policy Committees.Interest Form to Serve on a Policy Council.He’s also spent time on the CMAA’s national Standards of Practice Committee where he contributed to the 2015 revision of CMAA Standards of Practice. In addition to his prior work at the aforementioned companies, Sanger is also active in the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and serves as chair of the affiliate CMCI Board of Governors. ![]() Sanger’s experience may bode well for the auto manufacturing as it seeks to continue to chip away at solidifying placement of its new facility, despite steady pushback from local residents. Then, the full agreement can be made public, showing what Georgia is offering the company to locate on the site that runs along the north side of I-20. State and Rivian officials also must approve the agreement, which local officials expect to happen early this week. Just last Thursday, The Covington News that the Joint Development Authority (JDA) of Jasper, Morgan, Newton and Walton counties voted to approve a final economic development agreement between itself, the state of Georgia and Rivian.
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