Public Works and Environmental Services

CONTACT INFORMATION: Our offices are open to the public by appointment. Please call or email 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
12000 Government Center Parkway
Suite 358, Fairfax, Va 22035
Sajana Chitrakar
Director, Wastewater Treatment

Noman M. Cole, Jr. Water Recycling Facility

The Noman M. Cole, Jr. Water Recycling Facility is a highly regarded wastewater treatment plant run by the Fairfax County Government. It is in Lorton, Virginia. The treatment process is safe, dependable, and affordable. The facility works around the clock to produce treated water, or effluent. The effluent consistently meets or exceeds strict national and state water quality standards.

Noman M. Cole, Jr. Pollution Control Plant aerial

Noman M. Cole Jr.

In the Washington area, he might be best known for his eloquent and effective advocacy of clean water and his efforts to improve the Potomac River. He was principal author of the 1971 Occoquan Watershed Policy. [This policy] prompted establishment of the Upper Occoquan Sewage Authority and the creation of one of the world's most advanced sewage treatment plants.

Excerpt from Washington Post, "Noman M. Cole, Jr. Dies At 63", By Richard Pearson, Feb. 4, 1997


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