Tallassee Mayor Johnny Hammock traveled to Canton, Ohio to get a firsthand look at a state-of-the-art water treatment center Tallassee could model its water treatment facility after.
The system in Canton is a nanofiltration membrane water treatment facility. This specialized water treatment removes unwanted constituents from water using a membrane as a barrier that allows only certain substances to pass through while blocking others.
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