Chalk Creek Watershed TDS/Sulfate Reducing Wetland Pilot Project

Project Sponsor: City of Reno
Grant amount: $163,000
Organization Match: $50,000 (in-kind)
Funding date: November 2008
Grant # 59

This project is a pilot to model, design, construct, and monitor a small-scale sulfate-reducing bioreactor (SBR) wetland system. This will provide the opportunity to evaluate its efficiency at providing treatment of TDS (by reducing sulfates), phosphorus, nitrogen and selenium from the Chalk Creek watershed.

TMWA Benefit
Near passive treatment such as the sulfate reducing bioreactor wetland treatment system could be a cost effective means for the removal of sulfates, nitrogen, phosphorus and selenium. If proven so, this could be beneficial throughout the Truckee Meadows and the Truckee River watershed. TMWA would directly benefit by reduced TDS loading from Chalk Creek, which is upstream of TMWA’s Chalk Creek Water Treatment Plant diversion.