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Baywood Long Neck, DE

OPERATING SINCE: 2000
RESIDENTIAL UNITS: 369 (Expanding to 3,750)
AVERAGE FLOW: 59,000 GPD (Expanding to 600,000 GPD)
IRRIGATED AREA: 13.8 acres (Area of expansion to be designed)

Located in the beautiful Rehoboth Beach area of Delaware, Baywood is a full service, public golf course and residential community. The Sheaffer System treats wastewater from the community and the clubhouse, and the reclaimed water is used to irrigate the golf course. Sheaffer International is currently designing an expansion of this system to accommodate expansion of the community and the golf course. See http://www.baywoodgreens.com/ for more information about the community.

 

Fields of Long Grove Long Grove, IL

Recipient of the “Best in American Living Award” recognized in Better Homes & Gardens magazine.

OPERATING SINCE:
1986
RESIDENTIAL UNITS: 87
AVERAGE FLOW: 33,000 GPD
TOTAL AREA: 160 acres
IRRIGATED AREA: 10 acres
FACILITY FOOTPRINT: 3 acres

The 109 acres of open space preserved on the property serves as woodland, field, wildfowl ponds, wetlands, and restored native wildflower prairie. Backyards of the large homes on small lots open onto large green spaces. Natural swales, ponds, and re-created wetlands replace pipes for stormwater management.

 

Fox Mill Wasco, IL
 
OPERATING SINCE: 1993
RESIDENTIAL UNITS: 730
AVERAGE FLOW: 316,000 GPD
TOTAL AREA: 737 acres
IRRIGATED AREA: 81 acres
FACILITY FOOTPRINT: 16 acres

Reclaimed water, with its dissolved nutrients, is beneficially reused to irrigate and fertilize open space on the Fox Mill site. The discharge of pollutants into Mill Creek is eliminated with the Sheaffer System™, assuring long-run compliance with Illinois standards.

 

Heritage Commons Thompson’s Station, TN

OPERATING SINCE: 2005
EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS: 730
AVERAGE FLOW: 30,000 GPD
TOTAL FOOTPRINT AREA: 5 acres

Heritage Commons is a retail shopping center developed by Southstar Development in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee. Sheaffer International designed the system for Southstar and now operates the facility for the Town of Thompson’s Station. Wastewater is treated in the aerated cells, stored, filtered through a disc media filter, disinfected, and spray irrigated on the property.

 

Mill Creek Geneva, IL          
Recipient of the “Landscape Planning & Analysis Award”
Illinois Chapter, American Society of Landscape Architects

OPERATING SINCE: 1994
RESIDENTIAL UNITS: 1,822
AVERAGE FLOW: 650,000 GPD
TOTAL AREA: 1,374 acres
DEVELOPED AREA: 824 acres
OPEN SPACE: 550 acres

The Mill Creek Development in Geneva, IL, successfully preserved 40% open space on its property by centralizing its high density areas within the interior of the site. Golf links and tall prairie grasses intertwine to create a beautiful landscape for the homeowners at Mill Creek. By eliminating the need for septic systems, the Mill Creek Sheaffer System™ lies at the heart of these amenities.

 

Saddlebrook Farms Round Lake Park, IL

OPERATING SINCE: 1987
RESIDENTIAL UNITS: 3,800
AVERAGE FLOW: 595,000 GPD
TOTAL AREA: 700 acres
IRRIGATED AREA: 120 acres
FACILITY FOOTPRINT: 17 acres

Reclaimed water from the Saddlebrook Farms Sheaffer System is beneficially reused as irrigation for the adjacent 159-acre farm. In addition, an ecologically sound storm water management system designed by Sheaffer—with a network of shallow grassy swales and storm water detention areas—stores, filters, and treats polluted urban runoff on-site.


Willowmere South Barrington, IL

OPERATING SINCE: 1989
RESIDENTIAL UNITS: 54
AVERAGE FLOW: 19,000 GPD
TOTAL AREA: 132 acres

The homes at Willowmere are situated around a central open space that includes lakes, natural wetlands, and parks. Reclaimed water is filtered in two sand beds prior to irrigation to soccer fields, where the nutrients from the reclaimed water nourish the nearly five acres of grass.

 

Wynstone North Barrington, IL

OPERATING SINCE: 1987
RESIDENTIAL UNITS: 540
AVERAGE FLOW: 189,000 GPD
TOTAL AREA: 867 acres
IRRIGATED AREA: 76 acres
FACILITY FOOTPRINT: 7 acres

Wynstone is a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course community in North Barrington, IL. The reclaimed water from the Wynstone Sheaffer System is mixed with fresh water and used to irrigate the golf course. Homeowners adjacent to the reclamation cells testify to the fact that the system is odorless. Ducks (pictured above) seem to particularly enjoy the ponds at Wynstone.


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