Northern Michigan Township – High-strength wastewater challenge

When your small but vital Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) has BOD (Biochemical Oxygen Demand) in excess of 700 milligrams per liter (mg/L) and had phosphorus levels as high as 20 mg/L, it pays to have a firm advocate of good clean effluent at the helm. With its small population (358) but a fast-rising number of food and retail outlets serving the nearby City of Cadillac, this WWTP in the Northern Michigan Township of Haring was perhaps always destined for interesting times. Before the Haring Township WWTP was built in 2014/15,…

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