Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot System
2023 NACo Achievement Award Winner
Anne Arundel County, Md., MD
Best In Category
About the Program
Category: County Resiliency (Best in Category)
Year: 2023
To improve long-term water supply resiliency and water quality in the Chesapeake Bay, the Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works (DPW), is evaluating multiple management strategies to reduce nutrients and provide enhanced water supply options to the region. One piece of this strategy is to evaluate the feasibility of performing indirect potable reuse by adding advanced water treatment (AWT) processes to an existing County Water Reclamation Facility (WRF). The AWT processes will further treat wastewater effluent to national drinking water and potable reuse water quality standards with the intent of performing managed aquifer recharge (MAR).