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Take a video tour of the F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center

F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center

The F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center (WRC) is an award-winning advanced wastewater treatment facility located in Buford. The water it cleans and returns to the environment is some of the highest quality effluent (cleaned wastewater) in the United States. The F. Wayne Hill WRC is also a worldwide model for wastewater treatment, providing approximately 100 tours a year for visitors from around the world.

Because the F. Wayne Hill WRC returns water to Lake Lanier, it meets or exceeds some of the most stringent effluent quality limits in the nation. The ozone, granular activated carbon, and membrane treatment processes at the F. Wayne Hill WRC go beyond typical wastewater treatment and are on the cutting edge of wastewater purification technology. These processes remove pollutants so well that the water returns to nature in many ways cleaner than when it was first drawn into our supply. Since beginning service in 2000, the F. Wayne Hill WRC has never had a water quality violation. The F. Wayne Hill WRC was also granted a Platinum 15 Peak Performance Award in recognition of 15 years of complete and consistent National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit compliance by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies.

Two other parts of the treatment process—nutrient recovery and energy recovery—make the F. Wayne Hill WRC an innovative, forward-looking community asset that will pay dividends to Gwinnett County for generations to come.

Awards

  • Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP) 2017 Water Reclamation Facility of the Year – Advanced Treatment 10 MGD or Greater
  • GAWP Biosolids/Residuals 2018 Program of Excellence – Large Operating System Greater than 5 Dry Ton
  • National Association of Clean Water Agencies Platinum 17 Peak Performance Award

Nutrient Recovery


Nutrient Recover
Using Ostara Nutrient Recovery technology, this facility recovers phosphorus from wastewater and turns it into a slow-release fertilizer. This slow-release fertilizer has a unique “Root-Activated” mode-of-action that releases nutrients according to root demand, improving crop uptake and significantly reducing leaching and runoff into surrounding waterways.

F. Wayne Hill WRC’s nutrient recovery facility, a 2018 National Association of Counties Achievement Award winner, produces more than a ton of fertilizer per day. With experts predicting a world shortage of phosphorous in the future, this type of resource recovery is more than just another revenue stream—it also helps the facility meet its extraordinarily low limit on phosphorus discharge required by our Clean Water Act permit.

Energy Recovery

The design of the F. Wayne Hill WRC enables operators to recover energy from treatment byproducts to supplement power needs at the plant. This visionary process captures both heat and energy from methane gas, which has reduced energy costs by more than 20 percent and minimized the plant’s carbon footprint.

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Address
5704, 3320 Financial Center Way #C
Buford, GA 30519

For more information about the facility or to set up a tour, please contact us.

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