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Water-Related News

Altamonte Springs testing purifying, recycling wastewater for drinking

The City of Altamonte Springs is working on a way to take wastewater and recycle it into purified drinking water, in order to get ahead of any shortages of one of the state's most valued resources.

  • City, state partnered to test process
  • PureALTA takes treated sewer water through additional purification
  • Ultraviolet light used to sterilize water
With Florida’s population quickly growing by the day, one of Florida’s most valuable resources is getting used more and more.