Ellsworth Air Force Base

Chuck Hand, Optech Monette lab supervisor, places a glass fiber filter into a dual suction decanter at the Ellsworth Air Force Base waste water treatment facility, Sept. 15. The filter is used to test treated waste water for total suspended solid amounts. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marc I. Lane)

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Carl Johnson, Ellsworth Air Force Base plant operator, observes the trickling filter at the waste water treatment facility, Sept. 15. The trickling filter functions by pouring waste water over a bed of rocks covered with microbiological bacteria slime which removes waste from the water, naturally. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marc I. Lane)

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Carl Johnson, plant operator, pours effluent water into a test container at the waste water treatment facility at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Sept. 15. The effluent water is tested for chlorine levels to ensure the water is properly treated. The chlorine is removed before the water leaves the facility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marc I. Lane)

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Carl Johnson, plant operator, cleans a step screen used to remove floating solids from waste water at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Sept. 15. The Ellsworth waste water treatment facility treats approximately 800,000 gallons of water a day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Marc I. Lane)

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Ellsworth cleans up with water treatment plant

Published Sept. 22, 2010