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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Drinking water from the potty
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Dogs do it all the time, of course. In a couple of years, so could the people who live in these parts.
Well, not literally.
A plan to return “highly cleaned and disinfected wastewater” from Gwinnett’s treatment plant to Lake Lanier moved a step closer to reality last week.
The Gwinnett Board of Commissioners awarded a $26 million contract to John D. Stephens Inc. to build an 8.4-mile pipeline from the F. Wayne Hill plant to the lake.
The new line, which is expected to return up to 40 million gallons of potable water to the lake every day, is scheduled to be completed in 2009.
“By returning our water to its source, we’ll be helping folks downstream along the Chattahoochee instead of sending it the other way to the Atlantic Ocean,” Board Chairman Charles Bannister said.
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