Rainwater Recycling System Helps Atlanta School Cut Water Demand

The first rainwater harvesting and reuse system in an Atlanta, GA school is helping students and teachers reduce the amount of water used in toilet flushing by 50 percent. Two 30-GPM UV Pure Upstream systems provide the final step of the treatment process at D.M. Therrell High School and produce pure, safe water that is at least 99.99 percent free of bacteria, viruses and cysts. Upstream, with UV Pure’s patented Crossfire technology, is capable of meeting NSF/ANSI 55 Class A standards, but is not certified to achieve this level of performance since regulations for reuse do not require it.

The Upstream units offer proven reliability, simple automated performance and minimal operator attention, making them ideal components for decentralized application such as rainwater recycling systems. Upstream’s compact size was also a great asset in this application and enabled the process designer, RainHarvest Systems, to configure the system to fit both the equipment skid and the 500-gallon day tank into a small mechanical room within the school. The rainwater harvesting and reuse system plays an important role in helping the school achieve LEED certification and in reducing its demand on Atlanta’s increasingly scarce potable water supply.

UV Pure will present a paper on this project at WEFTEC, Session 334: Atlanta Rainwater Harvesting System Utilizes UV Pure Upstream on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 10:30 a.m. in the Stormwater Pavilion, booth 5217.

Click here to download a copy of the paper.

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