Sustainable Nutrient Removal With IFAS

The City of Cocoa Beach faced some challenges. USEPA had established Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for nutrients and dissolved oxygen (DO) in the Indian River and Banana River Lagoons in East Central Florida. The city’s 6.0 MGD water reclamation plant would therefore need to significantly reduce nutrients in its effluent. Due to its location, any modifications would need to be within the existing plant boundaries. Construction would need to take place while the plant remained online. And the city would need to continue to serve its reclaimed water system that beneficially reclaimed over 90% of the effluent.