(Pictured above) Larry Brookman, Aqua Virginia Field Operator (center) accepts the 2024 Silver Water Treatment Plant Performance Award for Excellence in Filtration and Backwash from Lisa Crabtree, Office of Drinking Water Deputy Director in the Abington Field Office (left) and Dr. David Dawson, P.E., Deputy Field Director (right) Virginia Department of Health Office of Drinking Water, Abingdon Field Office. Chairman of the Virginia Optimization Program Committee. 

Improvements to Manakin Farms Wastewater Treatment Facility will optimize operations and reduce landfill sludge

Aqua Virginia today announced it has successfully completed a significant upgrade project at its Manakin Farms Wastewater Treatment Facility in Goochland County. The sludge dewatering process improvement upgrades are designed to improve the efficiency of the wastewater treatment process and reduce the facility’s environmental footprint.

Aqua Virginia announces the appointment of Douglas R. Amos as its new Director of Business Development. A seasoned industry executive with more than two decades in the water and wastewater sector, Amos brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership to the role.  

Our Aqua Virginia team recently completed an innovative wastewater treatment plant upgrade to improve service, protect local waterways, and operate more efficiently for the Lake Monticello community just outside Charlottesville.

Aqua had two overarching goals. We wanted to improve the quality of the plant’s treated wastewater, which is discharged into the stringently regulated Chesapeake Bay watershed. We also wanted to minimize future rate increases for customers by reducing operating expenses and deferring the need for a major plant overhaul, which would cost much more.