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Gwinnett making fertilizer from wastewater
By Arielle Kass
Oct 15, 2015Since this summer, Gwinnett County has been extracting phosphorus from its wastewater to create a fertilizer.
The $15.2 million project is expected to be repaid in 10 to 15 years through the sale of fertilizer and savings from the new way the phosphorus is disposed of.
Gwinnett is the first in the state to use the technology. To read more about its nutrient recovery system, click here.
About the Author
Arielle Kass covers Gwinnett County for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She started at the paper in 2010, and has covered business and local government beats around metro Atlanta. Arielle is a graduate of Emory University.
