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monitoring system notifies operators ( hancing evapotranspiration to maintain a wastewater would be used for the <br /> of any emergency conditions and no-discharge system.All nutrients in the spectrum of expected climatological <br /> 1 enables easy engineering oversight wastewater will be reused beneficially by conditions and that irrigation storage- <br /> of system operations.No chemicals the site's landscape and thereby reduce tank sizing would be adequate. <br /> are used,and only normal septic-tank fertilizer requirements.A wastewater The LaPaz project will demonstrate <br /> pumping has been performed.An ad- salt management plan was developed that decentralized distributed wash <br /> ditional 125 volatile,semivolatile,and to address concerns about salt buildup water systems can be as effective as <br /> priority pollutant chemicals are ana- in soils, centralized facilities in achieving the <br /> lyzed monthly.All have been within Extensive groundwater modeling accepted limit of technology for nitrogen <br /> ,4 permit requirements,with only eight was performed to address quantita- removal,treating for microconstituents, <br /> of 1984 samples being above detection tively the concerns about groundwater and achieving standards for unrestricted <br /> limits,which are typically 5 pg(L, levels.In addition,detailed hydrogeol- water reuse.In addition,the system is <br /> In the LaPaz system,enhancements ogy studies determined that the sus- fully compatible with beneficial reuse <br /> have been made to maintain reliable efflu- tainable wastewater project will have of all treated wastewater,resulting in a <br /> ent quality to achieve the requiredreuse an inconsequential impact on area no-discharge system. <br /> fi standards.The integrated wastewater water resources.The wastewater sys- <br /> irrigation system achieves the objective tem was integrated with landscaping Pio Lombardo, former chair of <br /> of minimizing water use,with an approxi- plans to ensure that all treated effluent the Water Environment Federation <br /> mate 62`o reduction in the estimated 140- would be reused beneficially and the (Alexandria, Va.)Small Community <br /> �t m'Jd(37,004alJd)potablewater demand I desired landscape palette maintained. Committee, is president of Lombardo <br /> without reuse.Constructed wetlands will Extensive water balance studies were Associates Inc.(Newton,Mass.). <br /> ;y be used for treatment,aesthetics,and en- performed to demonstrate that all ',. <br /> Il <br /> ra <br /> II <br /> I! <br /> S,J <br /> -y APHn.2004 <br />