Because storage is now jointly managed, Windsor avoids having to discharge wastewater into Mark West Creek and the Russian River Basin. photo credit: Courtesy of the Town of WindsorWindsor’s wastewater treatment plant.
The Town of Windsor has reached a major milestone: 100% of the community’s wastewater is now recycled and reused.
Since 2019, Windsor staff have been working toward long-term sustainability goals at the town’s water treatment plant. Until recently, treated water from the plant would go one of three places: “We were sending about a third of the water to the Geysers,” said Shannon Cotulla, director of public works for the Town of Windsor, referring to the world’s largest geothermal field on the border of Sonoma and Lake counties. Cotulla continued, “a…..