Wind River Environmental Wastewater Treatment Facilities

Learn More About Our Sewage & Wastewater Treatment

For sewage and wastewater to be safely returned to the environment, it must go through a series of processes and treatments to remove pollutants and harmful substances. This is where wastewater treatment facilities are crucial in maintaining public health and protecting the environment.

At Wind River Environmental, we take pride in our more than 16 state-of-the-art treatment facilities located on the East Coast. Our facilities are equipped with the latest technology and staffed by highly trained professionals, ensuring that we provide efficient and effective treatment services.

Our Treatment Process for Sewage & Wastewater

Our treatment process involves four main stages: primary, secondary, tertiary, and disinfection. Each stage is designed to remove specific types of pollutants from the sewage and wastewater.

• Primary treatment: The first stage involves physical processes such as screening and settling to remove large solids and debris from the water.
• Secondary treatment: In this stage, biological processes break down organic matter and remove nutrients through aeration or adding microorganisms.
• Tertiary treatment: This stage uses advanced filtration methods such as sand filters or activated carbon to remove any remaining impurities from the water further.
• Disinfection: Finally, the treated water goes through disinfection processes, such as chlorination or ultraviolet light, to kill any remaining bacteria and pathogens.

After the four stages, the water is now clean and safe to be returned to the environment. We take pride in ensuring our sewage treatment facilities meet and exceed all environmental regulations and standards.

Composting to Complete the Cycle

After more than 35 years of servicing Charlotte-area homes and businesses, Jim Lanier – the former owner of Stanley Environmental Solutions was faced with a dilemma: What to do with the food waste removed from grease traps in restaurants?  The industry standard was to send it to the landfill, but he was not satisfied with wasting this precious organic material.  

After some research and many discussions with state regulators, Jim decided to start a compost facility. Earth Farms Organics was created in 2006 on 100 acres of land in Dallas, N.C., with not much more than a tractor and a skid steer. Through word of mouth and involvement in the local sustainability movement, Earth Farms Organics has grown and grown. Five years later, Earth Farms is diverting organic waste from all over the Charlotte area and turning it into a nutrient-rich, soil-enhancing compost.

Wind River Environmental has invested in expanding the concept to provide this opportunity to more facilities for their non-liquid waste products. As Wind River Environmental invested in the operation in 2016, the facility has increased our ability to receive and compost on behalf of our waste customers and have been featured in many of our food waste customers’ success stories around reducing their impact on the landfills and the environment.  If you are thinking about taking your business, garden, or lawn in a more sustainable direction, we would love to talk to you about what we are up to and how we went “green.”