Wastewater

The Wastewater Division provides domestic wastewater treatment and industrial wastewater treatment. It is our goal to maintain high treatment standards for you.

Facilities

The Wastewater Division operations facilities include:

Military Point AWT

  • Provides domestic wastewater treatment for all joint owners for the AWT facility, including:
    • Callaway
    • Cedar Grove
    • Parker
    • Springfield
    • Unincorporated Bay County
  • Tyndall Air Force Base and the City of Mexico Beach receive treatment services.
  • On average, 3.7 million gallons per day (MGD) are processed.
  • The amount of 0.5 MGD of treated effluent is supplied to the Pelican Point Golf Course at Tyndall Air Force Base for reuse as irrigation water.
  • Pollutant removal efficiencies average 98.9% for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and 99.6% for total suspended solids (TSS).

Military Point Lagoon

  • The treatment facility for industrial wastewater from Smurfit-Stone mill and Arizona Chemical Company.
  • On average, 24 million gallons per day (MGD) are processed.
  • Pollutant removal efficiencies average 92% for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and 81% for total suspended solids (TSS).

Maintenance Mechanics

  • We are responsible for operation and maintenance of six master lift stations.
  • We perform maintenance, repair and inspection services for the collection system and pump stations.

Facility Facts

  • Joint owners for the AWT facility are:
    • Callaway
    • Cedar Grove
    • Parker
    • Springfield
    • Unincorporated Bay County
  • Construction was completed in June 1999.
  • Disinfection Process is Ultraviolet (UV) light. A chlorine solution will be added to the reuse water to achieve the required chlorine residual.
  • Capacity is 7 million gallons per day (MGD) average flow, peak flow of about 14 MGD with heavy rainfall.
  • Effluent Disposal at St. Andrew Bay (Class III Marine Waters);  they will share existing effluent disposal line with Lagoon.