Reclaimed Water - Introduction

The benefits of reusing wastewater treatment plant effluent are many. Implementation of an effluent reuse system has been a benefit all citizens of Hollywood, and surrounding communities, by helping protect our potable water supply, and the Biscayne Aquifer; and, by reusing its WWTP effluent, the City is participating in one of the State's main water conservation objectives.

Another advantage to using the reuse water for irrigation is that during declared water shortages those locations using reuse water will still have plenty of water for irrigation while others are told to cut back outdoor water usage. Several of the golf courses in Eastern Hollywood have also previously had some water withdrawal restriction imposed, due to saltwater intrusion. Irrigation with reuse water has had a beneficial impact on the aquifer by reducing demand on the aquifer, By reducing this demand, the problem of saltwater intrusion is also lessened and, the application of the reuse water does not adversely affect the aquifer.

Reclaimed water from Hollywood's Southern Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant is currently used to irrigate public golf courses in the City of Hollywood. There are no known adverse impacts produced by the application of reuse water on golf courses and other vegetation. The reuse water is fresh and safe. Reuse water is also rich in nitrogen, phosphorous and other nutrients which will provide a high quality irrigation water and reduce fertilizer quantities.

The City of Hollywood operates a 4 MGD effluent reuse system to serve a portion of South Broward County. The reuse treatment and pumping facilities are located at the Southern Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. The effluent reuse treatment facility is a tertiary type wastewater treatment plant which furthur processes the wastewater effluent into a usable irrigation quality water. This includes an 8 MGD tertiary filter system, high level disinfection (chlorination) and contact tanks, and a storage and pumping system to provide the reclaimed water to the supply network. This system has been designed and constructed to allow additional future uses.

First stop the tertiary filter system.