PHILLIPSBURG, NJ — The state's first public water treatment facility using ultraviolet light (UV) disinfection technology is up and running in Lopatcong Township, serving 10,600 Aqua New Jersey Inc. customers in four townships, according to a March 24 Aqua America press release.
The $2.6 million treatment facility is capable of treating 10.5 million gallons per day, using the UV treatment as an added level of disinfection in the chlorination process, the release said.
Aqua America Chairman and CEO Nicholas DeBenedictis was quoted in the press release as saying, "We are not only enhancing water quality without the need for additional chemicals, but the process produces no waste materials that require disposal."
To finance the project, Aqua secured a low-interest loan provided by the state's Environmental Infrastructure Trust Fund, the release said.
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