A new sewer plant isn’t something people tend to get excited about.
But Petaluma’s new $114 million Ellis Creek Water Recycling Facility
isn’t just a run-of-the-mill sewer plant.
It’s a state-of-the-art system that is already attracting
international attention. The plant, located on 262 acres off of
Lakeville Highway on the southeast end of town, is unlike any facility
of its kind.
Its primary purpose, of course, is to treat raw
sewage. But it also is designed to transform sewage into re-usable
wastewater to water lawns, parks, golf courses and playing fields —
saving millions of gallons of more expensive potable water in the
process.
