F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center
F. Wayne Hill Tour Video
Take a video tour of the F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center
F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center
The F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center (WRC) is an award-winning advanced wastewater treatment facility located in Buford. The water it cleans and returns to the environment is some of the highest quality effluent (cleaned wastewater) in the United States. The F. Wayne Hill WRC is also a worldwide model for wastewater treatment, providing approximately 100 tours a year for visitors from around the world.
Because the F. Wayne Hill facility returns water to Lake Lanier, it meets or exceeds some of the most stringent effluent quality limits in the nation. The ozone, granular activated carbon, and membrane treatment processes at F. Wayne Hill go beyond typical wastewater treatment and are on the cutting edge of wastewater purification technology. These processes remove pollutants so well that the water returns to nature in many ways cleaner than when it was first drawn into our supply. Since beginning service in 2000, the F. Wayne Hill WRC has never had a water quality violation. The F. Wayne Hill WRC was also granted a Platinum 15 Peak Performance Award in recognition of 15 years of complete and consistent National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit compliance by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies.
Two other parts of the treatment process—nutrient recovery and energy recovery—make the F. Wayne Hill WRC an innovative, forward-looking community asset that will pay dividends to Gwinnett County for generations to come.
Nutrient Recovery
Using Ostara Nutrient Recovery technology, this facility recovers phosphorus from wastewater and turns it into a slow-release fertilizer.
F. Wayne Hill’s nutrient recovery facility, a 2018 National Association of Counties Achievement Award winner, produces more than a ton of fertilizer per day. With experts predicting a world shortage of phosphorous in the future, this type of resource recovery helps the facility meet its extraordinarily low limit on phosphorus discharge required by our Clean Water Act permit.
Energy Recovery
The design of the F. Wayne Hill WRC enables operators to recover energy from treatment byproducts to supplement power needs at the plant. This visionary process captures both heat and energy from methane gas, which has reduced energy costs by more than 20 percent and minimized the plant’s carbon footprint.
More Information
Address
5704, 3320 Financial Center Way #C
Buford, GA 30519
For more information about the facility or to set up a tour, please contact us.
Virtual Tour
Would you like to take a peek into our F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center? Take our virtual tour, it's easy! Click on any of the four areas listed, and follow the instructions below to guide you through the tour. Have fun!
- Press “Play” in the bottom left corner of the screen to start the Highlight Reel. This will take you through each phase of the tour. Be sure to click the arrow next to the Play button so that you can see the frames at the bottom of the screen.
- At any time, you can click on the screen to pause the highlight reel and click on the blue targets to gain more info or view a short video. Be sure to click the red targets to see even more of the facility. Make sure you click on all the targets!
- The frames at the bottom of the screen indicate whether you can move freely through the space. When you see the “walking man” that means you can roam the space without playing the highlight reel.
- Press “Play” at any time to resume the highlight reel.
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