Urban residents tell traditional wastewater treatment
plants: “NIMBY!” (Not in my back yard!)
Organica applauds any and all efforts to increase awareness and conserve our natural resources. Unfortunately, our population continues to increase by 50 million people per year, and it continues to migrate into cities, so conventional conservation efforts simply are no longer enough. For the first time in history, the world’s population is more urban than rural, and the traditional model of wastewater treatment plants is no longer adequate.
Traditional wastewater treatment plants require too much land
The water treatment plants in municipalities throughout the world require dozens of acres of land for their containers. In urban settings, it simply isn’t practical to assume that this amount of acreage will be available for infrastructure given the need for office buildings, retail spaces and apartment complexes.
Traditional water treatment produces too much odor
You know when you’re approaching a traditional wastewater treatment facility long before you arrive. The odor these facilities produce not only offends the senses of nearby residents, it affects their property values, too.
Traditional wastewater treatment designs require too much infrastructure which is already underperforming
Today’s cities currently utilize a variety of infrastructures in an attempt to process wastewater and runoff. Currently, the infrastructure for these systems in many cases is already exhausted. For example, billions of gallons of untreated waste water are sent into rivers and watersheds because combined sewer overflows are often overwhelmed during hard rains.
Most wastewater treatment plant designs are unsightly
Traditional water treatment facilities simply weren’t designed to fit into a city’s skyline. At a time when municipalities must arm-wrestle each other daily for every economic development dollar, euro, or yen, it simply is not practical to place acres of unsightly water treatment containers in the midst of the cityscape.
Traditional wastewater plants dictate water rates and usage
As water becomes more precious with each passing day, rates to support the centralized infrastructure will continue to rise. And if the entity controlling that water facility needs to restrict the flow or usage, all customers are at their mercy.
Organica provides an answer
Organica’s greenhouse designs for recycling wastewater can fit in small spaces, are visually attractive, and can provide municipalities, colleges or companies to gain control of their water expenses. These systems promote decentralized deployment which has a major impact on cost.