| The City of Cape Coral’s
Water Reclamation Division consists of two advanced wastewater treatment plants, a
collection system which includes one hundred eighty-one lift stations (including 17 master
pumping stations) and a ultra modern laboratory. The collection system is continuously
monitored by a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System ( SCADA ). The certified
laboratory performs sample analysis for the City’s own Water Production and Water
Reclamation Facilities along with sample analysis for other departments within the City as
well as the Public Works Department. To reduce operating costs, sample analysis for
various water and wastewater facilities throughout the Southwest Florida area are also
performed. The Everest Parkway Water Reclamation
Facility is a 8.5 million gallons per day Modified Bardenpho Advanced Treatment Facility.
The Bardenpho process is an advanced modification of the advanced sludge process and
allows for high levels of BOD, TSS, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus removal. Nitrogen is removed
by a biological process without chemical addition. Aluminum Sulfate is used to supplement
the biological process to meet strict state parameters for phosphorus removal. The Everest
Facility was expanded from an activated sludge process to the Modified Bardenpho process
in early 1990 and the reuse system was placed into service in late 1992. The Everest
Facility started pumping into the reuse system on October 21, 1992. Since that time, 90%
of the plant effluent has been used in the reuse water system. In calendar year 1997,
97.5% of the plant effluent was used in the reclaimed water system. The alternate disposal
for the plant effluent is surface water discharge into the Caloosahatchee River. The
Everest Parkway Water Reclamation Facility consistently meets all state and federal permit
parameters.
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