Type | Water |
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name | Expanding an Integrated Membrane Surface Water Treatment Plant with a Cohesive Project Delivery |
Speaker 1 | Yue Sun |
speaker1_email | Email hidden; Javascript is required. |
speaker1_phone | (713) 208-9463 |
speaker1_rep | Not applicable |
speaker1_bio | Yue has 25 years of experience focused on drinking water/wastewater facility design, treatment process selection, bench scale and pilot studies, plant operation optimization, water quality control and management, and regulatory monitoring and compliance. She has been instrumental in the delivery of key water and wastewater infrastructure improvements projects throughout Texas. Her responsibilities include project planning, design management and coordination, construction delivery. Yue received her M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech and she is a professional engineer registered in Texas and Florida and a board certified environmental engineer. Yue has presented more than 40 presentations at local and national conferences |
Abstract Text | Experiencing rapid population growth, a Texas water utility is expanding its surface water treatment plant from 17 million-gallon-per-day (mgd) to 30 mgd, with an ultimate build-out capacity of 75 mgd. The project funding will be supported from Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and EPA Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) fund. The current treatment process consists of coagulation with aluminum chlorohydrate (ACH), direct membrane filtration using low pressure submerged membranes, and chlorine disinfection. Liquid ammonium sulfate is used for secondary disinfection to maintain residual disinfectant in the distribution system. The planning of the water plant expansion project began in summer 2020 and the following were identified as the project challenges:
This presentation will discuss the above project challenges and innovative solutions to address these challenges:
The project challenges and solutions presented will provides valuable information and experience to share with other utilities to achieve similar project goals. |