On Monday,
September 11,
2006 —
plant operators opened the valves
to Oxford's new wastewater treatment plant.
After $10 million in upgrades and new construction, the new plant is designed to treate3.5 million gallons of wastewater per day and to meet stringent new limits on pollutants in the effluent water that is released to Fishing Creek.
Mayor Al Woodlief and members of the Oxford Board of Commissioners look at wastewater flowing into
the new oxidation ditch as the plant comes online.
City Manager Tommy Marrow and other visitors stand on a platform
in the middle of the plant's new clarifier.
The new UV disinfection system uses light to kill disease causing organisms such as fecal coliform.
No toxic chemicals are added to the water.
The water coming out of the UV disinfection system is
clear and looks clean,
but it still goes through one more process to add oxygen before the effluent is released into Fishing Creek.
Plant Manger Dennis Wilson shows City Commissioners Chance Wilkinson and Bob Shope
the new
'SCADA' system. Operators can monitor and control all the systems in the plant from this terminal.
After many years of struggle and hard work, Oxford has a state of the art wastewater treatment plant that uses the best available technology for secondary wastewater treatment.
Now we can
finally say,
"We're Keeping it Clean Downstream!"
Teachers! Take a look at
The Map as Art - our new lesson plan with resources to link stormwater and watershed
education into the North Carolina 5th grade Science, Social Studies, Information Skills, and Visual Arts curricula.
