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City outlines tertiary treatment upgrades at water reclamation facility to meet DEQ limits
Summary
Utilities manager Craig Vorpahl briefed the Post Falls City Council on startup of new tertiary clarifiers and membrane filtration at the water reclamation facility, saying the facilities must remove additional phosphorus to meet a DEQ permit limit and that optimization is underway.
POST FALLS, Idaho — City utilities staff on Dec. 17 outlined the start-up and purpose of new tertiary treatment equipment at the Post Falls water reclamation facility and explained why facilities beyond the city's long-standing secondary treatment system are required.
"We're going to be giving a staff update on tertiary treatment," utilities manager Craig Vorpahl told the council, using a seasonal analogy: while secondary systems remove the bulk of contaminants, "to get to that last little bit, that's where we're going to have to call…
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