Delegation From The Philippines To Tour ECUA Cantonment Facility

March 11, 2015

An international delegation from the Philippines will visit and tour the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority’s  Central Water Reclamation Facility (CWRF) in Cantonment next week.

The group was invited under the auspices of the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program., which focuses on exposing international visitors to a variety of topics in the United States such as waste management practices. Their local visit was arranged by the Gulf Coast Citizen  Diplomacy Council (GCCDC).

“The group is composed of two mayors, the project director, and staff who are looking at the topic of sustainable urban development. One of their objectives is to explore programs that address sanitation and waste management, as well as study sustainable  approaches to ensuring a clean water supply to a community, said Matt Rizzo, GCCDC program coordinator.

The CWRF in Cantonment was named a top-three finalist for the 2011 Global Water Reuse Project of the Year by Global Water Intelligence in Berlin, Germany, EU. The facility uses advanced wastewater treatment technology, and achieves zero-discharge through partnerships for industrial reuse of the reclaimed water. The reuse partnerships also reduce demand on the sand-and-gravel Aquifer, the sole source of the area’s drinking water.

Pictured top: The Central Water Reclamation Facility in Cantonment.

Comments

2 Responses to “Delegation From The Philippines To Tour ECUA Cantonment Facility”

  1. 429SCJ on March 12th, 2015 12:00 pm

    With all the fences and trespass warning signs around the place, you would think it was a nuclear storage depot or something.

    The reduced stress on the aquifer is good news.

  2. BT on March 11th, 2015 1:17 pm

    And some people would have you believe that we don’t know crap around here.

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