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DWSD Wastewater System
Daniel Schechter, P.E.
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
International Joint Commission
March 26, 2011
Wastewater Treatment Plant
• Discharges to Detroit River
• 930 MGD Secondary Capacity
• 1,700 MGD Peak Capacity (Wet Weather)
• Average Daily Flow 550 MGD
• Constructed 1940
• One of the largest WWTPs in US
Service Area Statistics • 3 million people
• 78 communities
• 900 square miles
(35% Combined)
City of Detroit • 3,500 miles of combined sewers
• 78 outfalls
• 3 major interceptors
• 140 square miles (100% combined)
Greater Detroit Regional Sewer System
Macomb County
Oakland County
Wayne County
In addition to our Wastewater Treatment Plant, our 9 newly
constructed CSO facilities provide treatment and disinfection
prior to discharge
Convey Discharge Treat Collect
WWTP Major Treatment Processes
• Primary Treatment – Remove heavy solids, and
floatables
• Secondary Treatment - Aeration (pure oxygen),
remove organic matter both suspended & dissolved
• Solids Processing – Dewatering heavy primary solids
and organic secondary solids
• Disinfection and Dechlorination prior to discharge
Wastewater is treated in an 8 step process; DWSD has had
historic issues with dewatering and disposal
Grit and scum
removal
Primary
treatment
Secondary
treatment
Settling tanks
and clarifiers
Disinfection /
Dechlorination
Discharge Disposal
Dewatering
Sludge
extraction
Convey Discharge Treat Collect
Water Solids
Pre-1995 CSO Discharges in Detroit
• 76 permitted outfalls
(33 to Rouge River and 43 to Detroit River)
• ~ 50 discharge events/year (average);
• ~ 20 billion gallons discharged/year;
• Major impact on Rouge River water quality:
Dissolved Oxygen depletion
Bacteria exceedances
Sediment deposits and bank erosion
• Lesser impacts on Detroit River:
Bacteria exceedances
Focus of CSO Control Requirements
Rouge River Flow = 20 - 5,000 cfs
Sanitary Trash
Bacteria Kill
Minimize Toxic Impacts
Dissolved Oxygen
WWTP
Detroit River Flow = 190,000 cfs
Sanitary Trash
Bacteria Kill
Minimize Toxic Impacts
CSO Project Costs (Construction Start )
• Hubbell-Southfield Basin (1994): $ 58.9 M
• Puritan-Fenkell Basin (1995) $ 18.1 M
• 7 Mile Basin (1996): $ 14.9 M
• Task 1 In System Storage (1996): $ 3.4 M
• St. Aubin S&D Facility (1999): $ 19.8 M
• Leib S&D Facility (1999): $ 33.4 M
• WWTP Expansion (2000): $ 101.2 M
• Conner Creek CSO Basin (2001) $ 201.4 M
• In-System Storage Devices (2002): $ 30.8M
• Baby Creek S&D Facility (2003): $ 76.1 M
• Belle Isle CSO Basin (2005): $ 16.1 M
• Oakwood Basin & P. Sta. (2007) $ 168.7 M
• Oakwood Sewer Improvements (2008) $ 15.0 M
$ 757 M
What is Innovative?
• Compliance with Permit
• Reduced Metals, Industrial Loading
• More Treated and Captured CSO Volumes
• Land Application of Biosolids
• Green Infrastructure
• Technology of Collecting Data Real-Time
• Doing More with Less
Innovative CSO Control Technologies
• First Flush Capture Basins for Oxygen Demanding
Substances Removal
• Disposable Nets for Sanitary Trash Removal
• In-Sewer Disinfection for Bacterial Kill
Wastewater System (2009/10)
Collection System Treatment System
Treated Combined
Sewage Overflow
8 Facilities
Untreated Combined
Sewage Overflow
63 CSO Outfalls
1,991 MG
1,698.5 MG
165,000 Tons (Solids)
237,250 M Gallons (treated)
Co
mb
ined
Sew
age
Green Infrastructure Techniques
• Tree Planting
• Demolition and greening vacant property
• Downspout disconnection
• Green infrastructure along roadways
• Green infrastructure at municipal facilities
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Implementation Strategy
• Reduce inflow to combined sewers 10% - 20%
Goals include volume reduction, as well as quality of life
issues.
• Works towards City goals of removing abandoned
homes and dealing with urban blight
• Coordinating with Detroit Works efforts
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Implementation Strategy (continued)
• Original Pilot Areas • Two pilot areas focusing on
techniques consistent with stabilization efforts
• Grandmont/Rosedale
• Rouge/Cody
• Large Scale Greening Pilot:
Brightmoor
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Questions?
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
www.dwsd.org
Daniel Schechter, P.E.
Superintendent of Engineering – Wastewater
9300 W Jefferson Ave.
Detroit MI 48209
Net Installation
• Boom Truck
• Lifting Basket
• 6-mm Mesh Nets with
• Plastic Frame
• Net Size –
• 2.5’Wx4.0’Hx8.0’L
Courtesy Fresh Creek Technology
In-Sewer Disinfection System
• Centralized chemical storage
and feed facility for multiple
outfalls
• Dedicated variable speed
pumps & double-walled feed
lines per outfall
• Chemical feed rate adjusted
based on existing flow signal
• Simple pipe diffuser, no
mechanical mixers
• No additional storage, contact
time achieved in existing
sewers
• Feed lines (1”-3.5” Diameter)
are flushed after every event
Disposable Net Facility
Interceptor
Existing flow signal for total outfall flow
Central
Disinfection
Facility
Chemical Feed Pumps
River
Capital Cost Comparisons
• Rouge River Controls:
• Conventional $850 Million
• First Flush/Nets/
In-Sewer Disinfection $415 Million
• Detroit River Controls:
• Conventional $1,000 Million
• Nets/In-Sewer Disinfection $200 Million
The Wastewater Operations Group collects, conveys, treats and
discharges wastewater in accordance with NPDES regulatory
permits
Treated
Combined
Sewage
Overflow
8 Facilities
Untreated
Combined
Sewage
Overflow
76 CSO
Outfalls
~ 2 B
Gallons/yr
~ 1.7 B
Gallons/yr
165,000 Tons
(Solids)
~ 237 B
Gallons /yr
(treated)
Co
mb
ined
Sew
age
Detroit
and Rouge
Rivers
Convey Discharge Treat Collect
Regional Sewer System Tributary to DWSD
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Convey Discharge Treat Collect
Total Service Area Statistics
▪ 3.5 million people
▪ 78 communities
▪ 900 square miles
(35% combined)
City of Detroit Statistics
▪ 3,500 miles of combined
sewers
▪ 78 outfalls
▪ 3 major interceptors
▪ 140 square miles (100%
combined)