Largest Recycled Glass Wastewater Treatment Mound in Pennsylvania Proposed

The Moselem Springs Golf Club announced the construction of a new, state-of-the-art on-lot wastewater treatment system made from crushed, recycled glass. 

The new treatment system will service the club house, grill room, and a small motel. Given geographic limitations, manufactured glass-sand is less costly than natural sand. To date, this 5,400 square-foot sand mound is the largest known sand mound in Pennsylvania constructed from recycled glass and is replacing a treatment system that has served the Moselem Springs Golf Club for over 40 years. Estimated measurable results of the project include: 1,500 tons of glass beneficially reused, equal to the weight of almost 7 Statues of Liberty; $10,000 cost savings in using recycled glass; $195,000 cost avoided to dispose the material if not recycled; and 45 tons of Carbon Dioxide annual global climate change air emissions reduction. http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=7230&SubjectID=