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  • SOLUTIONS FOR WATER-PROCESS PROFESSIONALS

    Food & bev reuse treatments

    Remote site data transmission

    Active mixing solves problems

    INCLUDING:

    February 2015www.waterwaste.com

    PROJECTS

    FROM THE T

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  • In This Issue

    Productivity Perspectives 4

    Remote-site data transmission defl ectsregulatory runaround 6Broadband wireless extends municipalitys fi ber-ring multi-

    megabit throughput to miles-away treatment sites.

    Water-reuse treatment options in food & beverage 12Whys and wherefores, from biological and disinfection treat-

    ments to membranes and osmosis.

    Active mixing solves rural utilityice-buildup problems 18Someone once said, Water bodies, like human bodies, re-

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  • According to a U.S. Geological Survey

    report from last November, the federal sci-

    ence agency found that water use dropped

    to 355 billion gallons a day in 2010. In 2005,

    national water use was 410 billion gallons

    per day. A nation of 309 million in 2010

    used as much water as 205 million people

    45 years ago. California reduced its water

    use 17 percent from 2005 to 2010.

    In other news, during December last,

    Congress unanimously passed the Water

    for the World Act and it was immediately

    signed by President Obama. In statistics

    repeated near ad infinitum by the media, its

    noted that nearly 750 million people around

    the world dont have access to clean water

    and 2.5 billion people dont have access to

    a toilet.

    The law is said to strengthen and clarify

    the 2005 Water for the Poor Act, associated

    with the late Senator Paul Simon of Illinois,

    who, early recognizing the emergence of

    water issues on the global stage, released

    the book Tapped Out in 1998, one year

    after his Senate retirement.

    Recognizing insight

    In a recent story in The Southern Il-

    linoisan, John Oldfield, chief executive of

    WASH Advocates, seemed to put a good

    face on the bills lack of funding when he

    was quoted as noting its hugely bi-partisan

    support. According to the newspaper

    story, previous versions of the bill called for

    spending as much as $8 billion over the

    next five years to meet the acts mandates.

    In its present enacted form, only about $2

    million is needed over the same period.

    The bill will ensure U.S. aid dollars are

    devoted to international projects that pro-

    vide first-time access to safe drinking water.

    Of course, the newspaper account also

    points out, the omnibus spending plan

    passed by Congress and signed into law

    by President Obama last December in-

    cludes a $17.5 billion bump for U.S. water

    access and sanitation projects, bringing

    the minimum U.S. spending levels for such

    projects to $382.5 million, though millions

    more is spent annually.

    Further information on the legislations

    details is included in a recent article found

    in the High Plains/Midwest AG Journal, and

    based on staff and wire reports.

    In regards to water infrastructure, the web

    site story says, the bill increases funding

    in several priority areas, including the U.S.

    Army Corps of Engineers construction ac-

    count, which was increased by $514 billion

    above the administrations request, includ-

    ing $112 million in additional for the Inland

    Waterway Trust Funds projects.

    Overall, says the website story, The Army

    Corps of Engineers fared well, with a $921

    million increase in its Civil Works account

    and $47.5 million increase to operations &

    maintenance.

    The less fortunate

    Headed in the opposite direction, ac-

    cording to an article by Jack Rasmus on

    the website counterpunch, is the EPAs

    funding, which in the bill was reduced

    another $60 million, having already been

    reduced 21 percent below 2010 levels. He

    also notes the Clean Water Acts regulatory

    scope was shrunk to exempt ponds and

    irrigation systems, although this may be a

    perfectly reasonable action.

    Also included in the omnibus spending

    plan is legislation to create 15 manufactur-

    ing innovation sites across the U.S. at a

    federal government cost of $30 million a

    year for the next 10 years.

    Its assumed here that, depending on

    what local regions are awarded the funding,

    the efforts also could be aimed at process

    industries, especially food & beverage,

    and not just the manufacture of discrete

    products. The hubs support a network of

    public-private partnerships involving col-

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    sure the availability of fully trained workers,

    which is something the editors have been

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  • Since 1848, the city of Georgetown

    has been found about 30 miles north of

    Austin, the Texas state capital.

    Yet the towns population has almost

    doubled, to 52,000, in the last 12 years.

    Workers and dependents from major

    Austin employers including the state

    government and University of Texas, and

    high-tech companies, including Dell,

    Apple and Intel are among those re-

    sponsible for the growth.

    All these people need water and sewers

    and electricity and roads.

    Thats where Georgetown Utility Sys-

    tems, a department in the City of George-

    towns municipal government, comes

    in. The pace of growth makes providing

    services a tall order, says Ron Marrow, a

    Georgetown transmission and distribution

    supervisor.

    Its not enough to just keep up with

    the citys growing number of citizens,

    because that would mean were always

    behind the curve, he says. We have to

    stay ahead of the growth and that takes

    good planning.

    Marrow and a team of three have

    charge of communications and con-

    nectivity across the municipalitys water,

    waste and electrical infrastructure. To their

    endeavors, they bring to bear a wealth of

    experience with the citys infrastructure

    and its environment.

    Fast look back

    For years the utility used the 900 MHz

    radio spectrum in monitoring components

    in its water, sewage and electrical distri-

    bution systems, i.e., using SCADA data

    communications with speeds of 9600 bits/

    sec. However, Marrow says, the 900 MHz

    radio communications werent always

    reliable given an approximately 300

    square-mile coverage area.

    Hot weather was an especial problem.

    The area is known for long, hot summers.

    Average temperatures often top 100 de-

    grees F in July and August. Temperature

    highs near 90 degrees F are common well

    into October.

    A seemingly trivial temperature-related

    failure can have significant consequences.

    Heat-caused atmospheric changes

    can disrupt radio data transmissions,

    Marrow says. Whenever it got hotter than

    90 degrees F, for example, communica-

    tions from a remote wastewater lift station

    would fail. Wed send a technician to take

    data readings every four hours. If there

    was an overflow, the actual environmental

    impact might not be all that big, but the

    regulatory reporting would be huge, so

    wed make sure someone monitored it in

    person.

    6 February 2015 | Water/Waste Processing | www.waterwaste.com

    IT-based automation

    Remote-site data transmission deflects regulatory runaroundBroadband wireless extends municipalitys fiber-ring multi-megabit throughput to miles-away treatment sites

    The 900 MHz radio spectrum wasn't always reliable when it came to use of SCADA for supervisory control of water distribution systems.

    Long, hot summers were an

    especial challenge.

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    IT-based automation

    Another issue was the star topology of

    the 900 MHz radio network. All the remote

    radios transmitted back to one central ra-

    dio, Marrow says. If that central radio went

    down, so would all our communications.

    Big step taken

    Marrow and his team designed, devel-

    oped and deployed a redundant, 1.0 Gbps

    fiber ring network for the citys SCADA com-

    munications. Its multi-megabit bandwidth

    eventually would enable broadband com-

    munications that include video surveillance,

    voice-over-IP and remote, on-demand WiFi

    hotspots for municipal field workers.

    In the aftermath of the project, however,

    their most immediate concern was cost-ef-

    fectively connecting remote water treatment

    stations with the new fiber ring.

    Installation of in-ground fiber can cost up

    to $25,000 per mile. Extending the citys

    fiber to its wastewater lift stations, up to

    seven miles away, wasnt economically fea-

    sible. Instead, broadband wireless would

    be used to extend the municipalitys fiber

    ring multi-megabit throughput out to the

    remote sites.

    Alternative options for doing so included

    using 1) a commercial cellular network, but

    that came with monthly charges; 2) 802.11

    WiFi, but that came with limited range; and

    3) 802.16e WiMAX, using the 4.9 GHz spec-

    trum that the U.S. Federal Communications

    Commission (FCC) allocated to public

    safety and municipal uses, and which also

    allows for mobile connectivity.

    While WiMAX over the 4.9 GHz band

    delivers the range needed, it requires FCC

    licensing, something which isnt done with-

    out expert support. This is where Siemens

    reengaged with the municipality.

    Devising devices

    Deploying the municipalitys fiber ring

    included installation of scores of Siemens

    RUGGEDCOM RS900G Layer 2 switches,

    part of Siemens harsh-environment com-

    munications portfolio. The RS900G is an

    environmentally hardened, fully managed

    Ethernet switch that provides dual-fiber

    optical Gigabit Ethernet ports with Gigabit

    uplink ports, and 128-bit encryption.

    In all, Georgetown had more than 200 of the

    devices deployed in its fiber network, includ-

    ing routers and media converters. It only

    made sense to keep all the iMAX components

    in the family, too, Marrow says.

    Marrows Siemens contacts understood

    what was involved in extending the fiber

    rings broadband throughput to the remote

    sites. WiMAX technology also presented

    some line-of-sight challenges in connecting

    wastewater lift stations typically placed

    in low-lying areas amid Georgetowns

    rolling, tree-covered terrain.

    We not only needed help securing our

    FCC license, we also needed some excel-

    lent RF engineering, system design and

    integration, Marrow says.

    Integrator introduction

    For these services, Marrow contacted

    Alpha Omega Wireless, an Austin-based

    'If wed have an overflow, the actual environmental impact might

    not be all that big, but the regulatory reporting would be huge.'

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    systems integrator and Siemens-certified in-

    dustrial wireless solution provider. Marrow met

    with Joe Wargo, founder and president, and

    Kelly Ice, business development manager.

    Alpha Omega Wireless compiled require-

    ments to define a point-to-multipoint 4.9 GHz

    WiMAX solution as well as a comprehensive

    deployment and commissioning plan. In ad-

    dition, they processed the paperwork needed

    for the citys FCC license to use the 4.9 GHz

    spectrum.

    The solution includes three components, all

    with rugged performance features to withstand

    harsh weather conditions: the WIN 7249 small

    form-factor base station, for 4.9 GHz radio

    transmissions; the WIN 5249 outdoor sub-

    scriber unit, also for the 4.9 GHz spectrum;

    and the RP100 single-port 802.3xx Power-over-

    Ethernet (PoE) injector, which powers the other

    two devices.

    The utility-grade gear works in environments

    subject to high electromagnetic interference

    (EMI), extreme temperatures and environ-

    mental pollutants. Its also been put through

    accelerated-stress testing, including highly

    accelerated life testing (HALT) and highly ac-

    celerated stress screen (HASS), both designed

    to find defects before environmental conditions

    do. These tests enable Siemens to provide

    five-year warranties for the RUGGEDCOM port-

    folio of network components.

    Today, Georgetown enjoys a reliable, future-

    The utility-grade gear used to enable

    the remote reporting capabilities has been extensively subjected to accelerated stress

    testing.

    Previous top: Licensed 4.9 GHz wireless capability augmented the city's mission-critical broadband network.Previous bottom:The challenge was to connect remote water treatment sites with faster, more reliable data transmission.

  • ready, high-bandwidth wireless network.

    Its developers claim thousands of dollars

    in labor cost-savings along with hundreds

    of thousands of dollars in cost-avoidance

    for just the first deployment phase, which

    took just two days.

    The base station was installed in one of

    the citys outlying, 120-foot water towers. It

    delivered a clear line of sight to subscriber

    units installed at four water-treatment sta-

    tions, the farthest more than five miles away.

    What followed was faster

    Marrow says he was amazed at the dif-

    ference in transmission speeds apparent

    when he used his laptop to log into the

    4.9 GHz SCADA data stream. It was like

    night and day, he says. Before, the data

    speeds were so slow. Its like going from

    a pipe a quarter-inch wide to one thats

    six-inches wide.

    Marrow was pleased with the imple-

    mentation by Alpha Omega Wireless,

    backed by Siemens service and support.

    We test all the radio components as

    soon as they arrive to ensure each one

    works to its specification, says Ice. Then

    we follow our proprietary project manage-

    ment methodology, which we built on the

    rigorous standards of the Project Man-

    agement Institute.

    The city no longer need dispatch a

    technician to hand-log data at wastewater

    lift stations whenever outdoor temperature

    breaks 90 degrees, as it does more than

    30 times a year. That saves thousands of

    dollars.

    Thats not to mention the technicians

    discomfort to be inside an enclosure

    gathering the data, while the suns baking

    down on you, Marrow says.

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    It pales though in comparison to the

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  • In a food & beverage facility, water is for

    make-up of cooling towers and boilers,

    and for equipment washing and production

    input. Water provision may involve connec-

    tion to a municipal system; extraction from

    the local natural water supply, such as a

    ground well; or reclamation from process-

    facility wastewater via reuse treatment,

    lowering freshwater requirements.

    Water resources were taken for granted

    for decades, but now are seen critical for

    companies, communities and govern-

    ments, as issues of environmental sustain-

    ability, both globally and in local context,

    come to the fore.

    Only 2.5 percent of the worlds water

    is fresh, and much of that is trapped in

    glaciers and snowfields. One estimate says

    only about 1 percent of this freshwater is

    accessible, i.e., available for everyday

    use. In another estimate, if current trends

    continue, global freshwater demand will

    exceed supply by a staggering 40 percent

    in 2030.

    By reducing source-water requirements,

    any food & beverage company lessens its

    environmental impact. Many companies

    also realize substantial cost savings from

    water-related investments.

    Other benefits of water reuse include

    1) enhanced sustainability practices; 2)

    more appropriate water-quality standards

    for food & beverage processes; and 3)

    mitigated business risk through lessened

    dependency on external water sources.

    Water reuse is growing around the world.

    Read further to understand more about its

    deployment, including issues bearing on

    investment decisions.

    Terms & definitions

    Wastewater is typically discharged into a

    collection network, to be treated by publicly

    owned treatment works (POTW) or under

    the national pollutant discharge elimination

    system (NPDES).

    In the U.S., publicly owned facilities

    are the business of local governments or

    municipalities, and treat domestic sewage,

    not industrial wastewater. Some industrial

    facilities are permitted to discharge water

    to public treatment works if they follow

    pretreatment processes such as for solids

    removal, biochemical oxygen demand

    (BOD) reduction and pH adjustment.

    Public treatment works are sensitive to

    industrial discharge due to potential impact

    on facility operations. Many require corpo-

    rations to pull permits for discharge and

    charge significant fees. In addition, fines

    and other penalties can be imposed for

    discharge permit violations.

    The discharge of water into a river, lake,

    creek or other body of water falls under the

    purview of the national pollutant discharge

    elimination system, a division of the EPA,

    already mentioned. Companies looking to

    discharge wastewater through the national

    discharge system need water more heavily

    treated than if discharged to public treat-

    ment works.

    As a government-regulated system,

    12 February 2015 | Water/Waste Processing | www.waterwaste.com

    Filtration & membranes

    Water-reuse treatment options in food & beverageWhys and wherefores, from biological and disinfection treatments to membranes and osmosis

    Reclamation from process-

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  • strict permit requirements govern this type

    discharge.

    In fact, these standards often are more

    stringent than those imposed for reuse. Vio-

    lations of discharge requirements can result

    in EPA-issued punitive fi nes and consent

    decrees, which subject plants to routine

    inspections to ensure standards compli-

    ance. Should mandated provisions not

    be followed, a company could also fi nd

    itself paying for environmental damage

    remediation.

    Whether discharging wastewater

    through POTW or NPDES, a company

    should consider its full cost of wastewater

    disposal when evaluating treatment and

    reuse.

    The technology of reuse

    Commercial technologies for waste-

    water treatment in reuse applications

    include 1) conventional treatment to re-

    move solids, and adjust pH and chlorine

    levels, or 2) advanced processes that

    fi lter and oxidize water, delivering higher

    quality. These methods are more fl ex-

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    water use.

    Conventional solid waste removal can

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    biological treatment via conventionally-

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    vides minimal disinfection and, for some

    reuse applications, such as turf irrigation,

    conventional treatment may be all that is

    needed.

    Advanced technologies can remove

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    ments cant and are applied based on

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    microfi ltration or ultrafi ltration

    membranes for solids and bacteria

    removal

    sequencing-batch or membrane-

    bioreactors for biological nutrient

    removal

    reverse osmosis for removal of dis-

    solved organics or salts

    oxidation and disinfection to remove

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    types: chlorine, ultraviolet (UV) and ozone.

    The most basic is chlorine disinfection.

    Here, water is filtered with hypochlorite

    to generate chlorine residual to inactivate

    pathogens such as bacteria.

    UV technologies are chemical-free

    and need less contact time than chlorine

    disinfection. In these systems, water is

    channeled through a reactor that emits

    UV light at low wavelengths to destroy the

    DNA structures of microorganisms, includ-

    ing bacteria, viruses, yeasts and molds.

    Virtually any liquid can be used with this

    technology, so it is often found in beverage-

    processing plants.

    However, UV is sensitive to water clarity.

    Higher clarity water requires less energy

    to treat, and as a result, pretreatment of

    wastewater is common in systems where

    UV disinfection is used.

    Ozone and advanced oxidation process-

    es (AOP) are powerful oxidation treatment

    technologies that generate hydroxyl radi-

    cals, the strongest oxidant used in water

    treatment. AOP is an ideal disinfection

    approach to treat recalcitrant contaminants

    not removed by other technologies. AOP

    and ozone technologies are commonly

    coupled with other filtration technologies.

    Table 2 outlines a cost-benefit analysis of

    common disinfection technologies.

    Membranes & osmosis

    In addition to biological and disinfection

    techniques, other advanced treatments are

    used either separately or in conjunction to

    fulfill wastewater discharge requirements.

    Membrane filtration, including microfiltra-

    tion and ultrafiltration, is for suspended-sol-

    ids removal in food & beverage processing.

    The technologies remove some pathogens,

    viruses and bacteria. See the table below

    for a breakdown of filtration types.

    Multiple treatment options are avail-

    able for specific needs a variety of

    conventional and advanced treatment

    processes can be configured for any

    facility and tailored to be fit-for-purpose

    depending on the application.

    Choose equipment that results in

    long-term benefits A plants total

    water and wastewater costs are signifi-

    cant and will continue to rise. Employ-

    ing the correct reuse technologies can

    result in both hard and soft savings for

    your organization, including reduc-

    tion in supply risk and environmental

    benefits.

    Collect the necessary information

    to start the process Now that youve

    decided to start reusing water, the first

    step is to define some objectives. Con-

    sider both financial and environmental

    goals.

    THE REUSE TAKEAWAY

    Types of Filtration

    Table 2

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  • In reverse osmosis, salts and many dissolved organics are

    removed through a Reverse osmosis is used for highest-quality

    reuse water, such as high-pressure boiler feedwater or for low

    salt and contaminant levels. Reverse osmosis is expensive and

    generates a concentrate brine wastestream that must be man-

    aged via proper disposal.

    Treating water is only the first step to ensuring wastewater is

    recycled and reused efficiently and effectively within a plant. It is

    important for organizations to also consider the transportation

    and storage costs of water reuse.

    Pumps and pressures

    Treatment and pumping systems are primary energy con-

    sumers within a water or wastewater loop. Sizing a system

    appropriately and selecting equipment to meet requirements is

    critical to life-cycle energy savings.

    Pumps both transport and boost pressure in a system.

    Water is moved from one spot to another for treatment, storage

    purposes or use. Pressure boosting is needed for treatments,

    including reverse osmosis, where water moves through a

    membrane at specific pressures. Many reuse applications, such

    as irrigation and equipment washing, also require pressure-

    boosting.

    Pumps and piping impact considerably the energy con-

    sumed over a systems lifecycle. Pumps should be selected

    to operate at their best efficiency point (BEP) and plumbing

    engineered to minimize friction loss. Xylem estimates that a wa-

    ter reuse system with improperly sized piping and pumps can

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    With increasing droughts and

    water-related anomalies, water

    reuse must be front and center

    for food & beverage plants bent

    on sustainability and a secure

    water supply. It speaks also to a

    greater focus on social respon-

    sibility and water stewardship. In

    part, due to public indices such

    as the Dow Jones Sustainability

    Index, companies are investing

    more heavily in sustainability

    than ever before and are better

    managing their water use.

    Another driver of water reuse

    is health and safety mandates.

    Food & beverage operations

    must comply with the FDA, as

    well as EPA and other relevant

    regulatory bodies. Standards put

    in place by these organizations to

    regulate wastewater quality vary,

    but apply in some form to all

    plants, regardless of size. For ex-

    ample, in 2012, the EPA released

    a document outlining state and

    federal water reuse guidelines for

    all industries, including food and

    beverage processing.

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    Reuse treatments found in the food & beverage industry may be biological, as with use of a batch reactor or bioreactor, or may involve disinfection, using chlorine, UV or ozone based technologies.

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  • It seemed like every year after its potable

    storage tank was constructed way back in

    1972, the town of Lyons, Michigan, faced

    icing problems, town officials admit.

    With a population of nearly 800 men,

    women and children, rural Lyons, found

    near the center of the state, today over-

    comes winter ice cake problems without

    lifting or lowering its tank-water levels,

    ensuring residents have full-strength water

    pressure and fire-protection flow.

    Ice-cake problems start with the fact that

    leaving water quiescent in potable water-

    storage tanks can lead to thermal strati-

    fication, biofilms, excessive disinfection

    byproducts and disinfectant residual loss.

    Winter-ice formation in distribution-system

    reservoirs also is challenging for water utili-

    ties in colder climates.

    With active mixing, stratification is

    forestalled because inflow water circulates

    throughout the entire tank, as water is

    pulled in the tank bottom, where the dens-

    est layers are, and transported directly to

    the top of the tank.

    Common enough situation

    Thick ice layers often form on storage

    tanks surfaces during prolonged subfreez-

    ing weather. Steel tank seams can expand

    during ice formation, causing water leak-

    age or structural damage. Interaction of

    ice chunks with inflows and outflows may

    further damage tanks.

    According to Susan Craft, a department

    of public works superintendent, at one

    point ice damage took out the cathodic

    protection of Lyons tank. During the course

    of renovating that single pedestal tank,

    Craft consulted with Dixon Engineering of

    Lake Odessa, Michigan on whether a more

    definitive solution might be available.

    The outcome was that today Lyons has

    a GridBee GS-12 mixer from Dickinson,

    North Dakota-based Medora Corp. for its

    potable water tank. Craft reports that from

    that point on, ice buildup in the tank was

    a thing of the past, and furthermore, do-

    ing year-round active mixing significantly

    improved chlorine residuals.

    Passive mixing so 'old school'

    Most potable water storage tanks were

    specified before circulation and mixing

    water-quality benefits were fully appreci-

    ated. Tanks were specified with excess stor-

    age capacity for fire protection, adequate

    water pressure and in anticipation of future

    growth. Daily usage was relatively small in

    relation to this excess capacity, again limit-

    ing the benefits of passive mixing. Another

    limitation of passive mixing is that tanks

    have single-pipe influent-effluent designs,

    with the ingress-egress point typically

    located at the tank base.

    Insufficient mixing allows water to ther-

    mally stratify within a tank. During freezing

    weather, temperatures in the lower portion

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    Active mixing solves rural utility ice-buildup problemsSomeone once said, Water bodies, like human bodies, require good circulation to function properly.

    In Lyons, the 100,000-gallon capacity tower was "too small to lower the level much during the winter" and risk compromising fire-flow capacity. As a result, ice cake became the reality.

    Stratification is forestalled

    because inflow water circulates

    through the entire tank, moving

    what's at the bottom to the top.

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    of the water column are warmest. Groundwater, typically sourced

    at about 11 degrees C, as infl uent water, is the primary source of

    heat. When infl uent volumes are low, infl uent water temperature

    declines quickly to 3-5 degrees C. The most recently introduced

    water stays in the lower portion of the water column because

    water density is greatest at about 4 degrees C. Water tempera-

    tures in the tank decline with increasing elevation until ice forms

    wall-to-wall on the surface. Subsurface ice continues to form,

    often reaching thicknesses of one to two feet.

    In Lyons, the tanks 100,000-gallon capacity further limited

    passive mixing. Our tower was too small to lower the level

    much during the winter, says Craft, and because we use the

    height of the water for pressure, we need to keep it as full as

    possible. Plus, lowering water levels compromises fi re-fl ow

    capacity. As a result, ice cake became the reality.

    Overcoming horizontal layers

    Active mixing is based on the simple fact that water in potable

    water-storage tanks naturally forms thin horizontal layers. The

    heaviest or densest layer is at the bottom, and each layer above

    it is progressively lighter.

    An active mixer moves infl ow water throughout the entire

    water body.

    The Gridbee GS-12 sets on the tank fl oor and pulls water

    in at a point from one to two inches off the tank fl oor. In other

    words, it pulls in water from the very bottom of the tank, where

    the densest layers are, and transports it to the top of the tank.

    Soon, temperatures are nearly identical throughout the tank and

    ice cannot form.

    Craft says Lyons uses the mixer year-around to combat prob-

    lems from water stratifi cation. Pulling water right off the tank fl oor

    ensures the most effi cient mixing of important boundary layers

    without disturbing the sediment providing uniform distribu-

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    stratifi cation.

    According to Craft, I was able

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    And chlorine residual levels are

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    I started mixing, but now its

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    One sample I pull from a dead-

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    residual.

    Keeping these chlorine residu-

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    treatment, which reduces costs.

    And improving water quality is,

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    Lyons and its residents.

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    Use of an active mixer ensures uniform water temperatures within the tank.

  • Solids including those suspended,

    settle-able or floatable are non-liquid or

    fluid substances separated from clarified

    wastewater in primary treatment.

    Suspended solids are those small, solid

    particles that remain so in water, as a col-

    loid, or due to the motion of the water.

    Settle-able solids are particles that will

    settle within a reasonable length of time

    assuming little movement. The weight by

    volume of settle-able solids is greater than

    water.

    Floatable solids do so because their

    weight by volume is less than that of water.

    Primary wastewater treatments that

    remove these solids in process containers

    include primary clarifiers, air-flotation units

    and cone-shape Imhoff settlers. While effec-

    tive solids separation supersedes control

    of pH and flow or other factors, generic

    controls for each process container are

    described in the following.

    Primary clarifiers

    The primary clarifiers most important

    function is removing as much settle-able

    and suspended material as possible. Unless

    removed, organic settle-able solids can

    cause a high demand for oxygen (BOD) in

    subsequent biological treatment in the plant

    or receiving waters.

    Many factors influence the settling char-

    acteristics of a given clarifier. Most common

    include: temperature variation, short circuits,

    detention time, weir-overflow rate, surface-

    loading rate and solids loading. Three of

    these factors are discussed below.

    1. Temperature: In general, as water

    temperature increases, the settling rate of

    particles increases; as temperature decreas-

    es, so does the settling rate.

    2. Short circuits: As wastewater enters the

    settling tank, it should be evenly dispersed

    through the entire cross-section of the tank.

    It should flow at the same velocity in all

    areas toward the discharge end. If veloc-

    ity is greater in some sections than others,

    short-circuiting may occur.

    Short-circuiting also may be caused by

    turbulence or density-layer stratification

    following from temperature or salinity varia-

    tion. Temperature layers can cause short-

    circuiting.

    3. Detention time: Wastewater should

    remain in the clarifier long enough to allow

    sufficient solid-particle settling time. If the

    tank is too small for the flow quantity and

    the particle settling rate, too many particles

    will be carried out with the effluent of the

    clarifier.

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    By Daniel Theobald

    Air flotation units

    The objective of flotation thickening

    is to separate solids from the liquid

    phase by matching air bubbles to

    particles of suspended solids. Four

    general methods of flotation are com-

    mon, as follows:

    1. Dispersed air flotation where

    bubbles are generated by mixers or

    diffused aerators.

    2. Biological flotation where gases

    formed by biological activity are used

    to float solids.

    3. Dissolved air, vacuum flotation

    where water is aerated at atmo-

    spheric pressure and released under a

    vacuum.

    4. Dissolved air, pressure flotation

    where air is put into solution under

    pressure and released at atmospheric

    pressure.

    The performance of dissolved air-

    flotation units depends on; type of

    sludge, age of the feed sludge, solids

    and hydraulic loadings, air-to-solids

    (A/S) ratio, recycle rate, and sludge-

    blanker depth.

    Operational guidelines are affected

    by dissolved air flotation unit sizes.

  • Performance can be optimized by con-

    trolling the air-to-solids ratio, recycle rate

    and blanket thickness as variables. These

    control variables are affected by solids and

    hydraulic loading rates. Controls should

    prevent solids or hydraulic loading from

    becoming excessive.

    Performance is optimized by conditions

    such as those described in the following.

    Air-to-solids ratio: An optimum ratio

    should be established and maintained.

    It is affected by the quantity of air intro-

    duced and dissolved into the recycle or

    waste-stream, which is in turn critical to

    fl otation thickener operation. Enough air

    has to be added and dissolved to fl oat

    the sludge solids. The most effective way

    to do this is introducing air into a pressur-

    ized retention tank along with the waste-

    stream to be thickened, or along with a

    portion of the thickener effl uent stream.

    Air also can be dissolved in primary or

    secondary effl uent.

    Recycle rate and sludge blanket: Both

    the rate of effl uent recycle and the thick-

    ness of the sludge blanket are opera-

    tional controls available to optimize DAF

    performance.

    Note on Imhoff tanks

    Imhoff tanks are rarely constructed to-

    day. Your plant may incorporate an Imhoff

    tank only if it came online many years

    ago, perhaps in the 1980s. Cone-shape

    Imhoff settler tanks are unique because

    the Imhoff tank combines sedimenta-

    tion and sludge digestion in the same

    process unit.

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  • Experts call for review of US drinking water standards

    The U.S. EPA should review its standards

    on secondary drinking water contaminants,

    according to a paper published in the

    American Chemical Society journal Envi-

    ronmental Science and Technology.

    Authors Andrea Dietrich, professor of civil

    and environmental engineering at Virginia

    Tech, and Gary A. Burlingame, director

    of the Philadelphia Water Department's

    Bureau of Laboratory Services, said that

    a variety of factors could change con-

    sumer perceptions of drinking water quality,

    including California's drought conditions,

    the increase in hydraulic fracturing and

    the country's aging infrastructure of rusty,

    degrading pipes.

    Dietrich and Burlingame argued that

    these and other developments mean that

    a critical review and rethink is needed con-

    cerning the EPA's secondary standards in

    order to maintain consumers' confidence in

    tap water as well as in its sensory quality.

    These "secondary maximum contaminant

    levels" cover substances including alumi-

    num, chloride, copper, fluoride, foaming

    agents, iron, manganese, silver, sulfate,

    total dissolved solids and zinc, as well as

    the water's color, odor, pH and corrosivity.

    Research by Dietrich and Burlingame

    suggests that the current standards for

    chloride, copper, iron and manganese

    are too high to minimize sensory effects.

    Furthermore, they said, the standards

    for corrosivity and foaming agents "may

    be outdated" and the standard for odor

    "requires rethinking as the test does not

    correlate with consumer complaints."

    Episodes that negatively impact consum-

    er confidence and perception of tap water

    still occur and may increase, yet second-

    ary maximum contaminant levels are not

    monitored or enforced nationally. As a

    result, there is no systematic collection and

    interpretation of consumer feedback.

    "Research is necessary to develop stan-

    dardized procedures for the collection of

    consumer feedback on aesthetic, cosmetic

    and technical concerns at individual com-

    munity water systems and centralized in

    a national database," Dietrich and Burlin-

    game said.

    Adherence to the EPA's secondary

    standards can help maintain production

    of palatable water along with consumers'

    confidence in their water providers, the

    researchers concluded.

    Arkansas city agrees to cut sewage discharges

    The city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, has

    agreed to upgrade its sewer collection and

    treatment system to reduce discharges of

    raw sewage into local waterways, the U.S.

    Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

    announced.

    Under a consent decree with the EPA

    and the U.S. Department of Justice, Fort

    Smith will spend $255 million, plus the cost

    of routine operation and maintenance, to

    improve its sewer system. This comes after

    more than 2,000 discharges of untreated

    sewage from its municipal sewage system

    over the past 10 years, resulting in more

    than 119 million gallons of raw sewage

    flowing into local waterways, including the

    Arkansas River.

    The city will carry out a full assessment

    of its sewer system to identify defects and

    places where stormwater may be entering

    the system. It will also repair all sewer pipe

    segments and manholes that are likely

    to fail within the next 10 years, develop

    projects to improve the performance of

    sewers and implement a program to clean

    the system of debris such as grease and

    tree roots. And a water-monitoring program

    will be implemented to establish whether

    human waste is entering and being dis-

    charged from the city's stormwater system.

    Fort Smith will also pay a $300,000 civil

    penalty and will spend $400,000 on a pro-

    gram to help low-income areas of the city

    repair and replace privately-owned portions

    of the sewer network.

    According to the EPA, this settlement

    agreement will substantially reduce the

    number of sewage discharges and improve

    water quality. It will cut discharges of 3,492

    pounds of total suspended solids, 3,343

    pounds of biological oxygen demand, 543

    pounds of nitrogen and 78 pounds of phos-

    phorus from the Fort Smith sewage system

    each year.

    High levels of these pollutants can

    reduce oxygen levels in water bodies,

    threatening the health of aquatic plants and

    animals, for example by causing excessive

    algae growth.

    IChemE calls for action to cut water usage in food production

    More needs to be done to reduce the

    amount of water used in food production,

    according to the Institution of Chemical

    Engineers (IChemE).

    The organization estimates that around

    90 percent of all freshwater is currently

    used by agriculture (70 percent) and indus-

    try (20 percent), leaving just 10 percent for

    domestic use.

    With the global population continuing to

    rise and more people moving to a Western-

    style diet, increases in food production will

    be required to feed the population and that

    increased production will need larger water

    supplies.

    "Estimates suggest that we will need to

    produce 60 percent more food by 2050.

    Agriculture will need around 19 percent

    more water to produce that extra food,"

    commented Andy Furlong, IChemE director

    of policy.

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    "It is clear that current production meth-

    ods are unsustainable and there are

    genuine risks of food shortages, rising food

    prices, droughts and social unrest for future

    generations unless we make more efficient

    use of water," he added.

    By 2050 around two-thirds of the

    world's population will be living in "water

    scarce" areas, compared to just seven

    percent at present.

    IChemE is calling for a global target

    to cut the amount of water used in food

    production worldwide by 20 percent.

    Shutdown strategy saves treatment plant time, money

    Engineers in the United Kingdom have

    devised a way to shut down an entire

    sewage treatment works without using

    storm facilities.

    Engineering and construction group

    Costain said that a team working at

    Severn Trent Water's Stratford Milcote

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    while installing a new inlet works with

    associated screens and handling at the

    sewage treatment plant.

    Tom Grainger-White, senior site agent

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    a treatment works is shut down, foul

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    that fed the site, and carrying out tests to

    check those interactions, we were able to

    turn off individual stations.

    "This allowed us to increase the time

    we could turn off the main treatment

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    When a faulty valve was discovered at

    the water utility's Paddock Lane pump

    station, the strategy proved its worth.

    Grainger-White said: "Paddock Lane

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    residential area and is almost impossible to

    tanker from. But the three trials we carried

    out at the Stratford Milcote scheme were

    enough to convince everyone that STW

    could perform shutdowns further up the

    network and so safely replace the valve."

    Using information from the shutdown

    trials at Milcote, the team was able to safely

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