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Bio-Tech Meets the Dunes

Written by Jay Stevens

Wednesday, June 13,2012 | 6:30 pm
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The Department of Natural Resources took the wraps off of their new wastewater treatment plant at the Indiana Dunes State Park in Chesterton, Wednesday morning. The plant uses new bio-technology developed by an Indiana-based company and actually uses another “plant” --algae-- to treat the wastewater.  The new facility is expected to use 75 percent less energy than the previous plant, which was more than 40-years old and required costly yearly maintenance, according to a published report from the DNR.