CITY OF GRAND FORKS- GRAND FORKS REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT PROJECT
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can redevelop . The flood was the trigger to move this forward .”
Bringing new technology to Grand Forks The state of the art facility is expected to treat up to 20 million gallons of water each day once it ’ s completed . Innovative technology is being developed to handle problems like pesticides and herbicides from the surrounding sugar beet , wheat and corn fields as well as
discharges from the nearby Devil ’ s Lake and wastewater discharges from downstream municipal and industrial point sources . For this they ’ re using a GE membrane system to treat the source water .
Additionally , ozone treatment processes will ensure it ’ s sustainable .
“ It can treat water at different times of the year , whether it ’ s in the summer when things are dryer , or in the winter when it ’ s colder water . We needed to create it in a challenging climactic
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