California Winery Upgrades Its Wastewater System

In arid California wine country, a vineyard sought to update its wastewater treatment process and use former dispersal ponds to irrigate valuable grapes.
California Winery Upgrades Its Wastewater System
The finished installation of secondary treatment equipment at Jordan Vineyard & Winery in Healdsburg, Calif. The rectangular green lids of the four Orenco Systems AdvanTex AX-100 units are at right. To their left are the four circular lids of the 8,000-gallon tank that doses the AdvanTex pods and a nearby drip field. The tall box with the wooden backboard holds an Orenco control panel, while the low green box in the right background contains a fan that provides extra oxygen to the AdvanTex p

It was a relatively straightforward job, but the land posed challenges. Jordan Vineyard & Winery in Sonoma County, Calif., wanted to redo its wastewater system. Since 1976 the business had operated a combined domestic and process wastewater system, and now it needed an upgrade....

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