Additional Details
The UOSA plant is relatively unique in that the highly treated output from the plant supplies roughly 20% of the inflow into the Occoquan Reservoir, which provides drinking water used by the Fairfax County Water Authority. During drought periods the plant may briefly provide up to 90% of the reservoir inflow. In effect, Fairfax Water is drawing a portion of its influent from recycled sewage. UOSA has proven, indisputably, that treated plant effluent is actually far cleaner than the stream sources of surface water inflow into the Occoquan Reservoir. Citation: Water Environ Res. 2001 Nov-Dec;73(6):711-20.
Other Fairfax County sewage treatment facilities include the Noman M. Cole Plant located in Lorton, Virginia. Eastern Prince William County is served by the H. L. Mooney Water Reclamation Facility in Woodbridge, Virginia.
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