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Nothing Cape Coral residents flushed this year went to waste.
The City of Cape Coral this year recycled all of its wastewater, Public Works Supervisor Chuck Pavlos said. The city has come close in the past, but this is the first year the city has reused all of its water.
The city five years ago launched a half-billion dollars worth of water and sewer treatment plant expansions. The facilities treat wastewater and pump it back through the city’s irrigation system.
The system is designed to reuse treated water instead of dumping it into nearby waterways. Beyond protecting the waterways, it assures the city has a reliable water sources all year.
“It’s a very good thing,” said state Department of Environmental Protection spokeswoman Rhonda Haag. “We’re very proud of them. Their wastewater program is a model for other cities.”
This is great news! I'd love to see other communities follow our lead!
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Recycling waste water is a really helpful with water consumption. The only thing I personally worry about with that is the water treatment, so just to make sure I installed a treatment system in my home.
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