Treatment Plant Upgrades Set Pace for Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Restorations
A$92-million expansion completed in 2012 at the Little Patuxent Water Reclamation Plant (LPWRP) in Savage, Md., presents a model integration of bellwether aeration, disinfection and enhanced nutrient removal (ENR) systems added in tandem with other infrastructure upgrades that have significantly improved the plant's effluent and reduced harmful nutrients from reaching the Chesapeake Bay