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End Is Near For ECUA’s Main Street Sewage Plant
April 25, 2011
The end is near for the old Main Street sewage plant in downtown Pensacola as all of ECUA’s wastewater will finally be processed in Cantonment.
The 70-year old plant has been operating partially since ECUA opened the new $316-million Central Water Reclamation Facility in Cantonment last August. But beginning Monday, ECUA plans to begin shutting down the old downtown plant that locals affectionately refer to as “Old Stinky”.
The new plant sits on 2,000 acres on land adjacent to Ascend Performance Materials (formerly Solutia) on Old Chemstrand Road near Cantonment. A full 15 miles north of the existing Main Street Treatment Plant, the facility is well above the flood plain and is built to resist hurricane-force winds. Redundant power and storage systems help to ensure that the facility can remain operational during conditions that crippled the Main Street plant during Hurricane Ivan in 2004.
It will take about four days to fully decommission the Main Street plant, ending the discharge of reclaimed water into Pensacola Bay.
Pictured top: The Central Water Reclamation Facility in Cantonment. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
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2 Responses to “End Is Near For ECUA’s Main Street Sewage Plant”
I LIVE IN CANTONMNET AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE PAPER MILL OUT HERE WHICH SMELLS AWFUL… IM WONDERING HOW THEY WILL GET RID OF THERE WASTE OUT HERE IN CANTONMENT, THERE IS NO SURROUNDING WATER. I HOPE ITS NOT RECYCLED BACK INTO THE DRINKING WATER SYSTEM, ESCAMBIA IS ALREADY RATED ONE OF THE WORSE AS FAR AS WATER GOES. I WISH THEY WOULD STOP PUTTING MILLS AND CRAP OUT HERE IN CANTONMENT. PEOPLE IN THE CITY THINK JUST BECAUSE THIS IS THE COUNTRY IT WONT MATTER BUT CANTONMENT IS A HIGHLY POPULATED AREA WITH ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTY. IT WAS ONCE BEAUTIFUL TO LIVE HERE BUT NOW ALL THE TREES AND LAND ARE BEING CLEARED OUT FOR MILLS AND WASTE…WHAT A SHAME.
Finally, that stinking cesspool will be gone from our city and sent way out in the country where it won’t be noticed!