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THE PENNSYLVANIA AMISH COUNTRY CELEBRATES After we consider water quality, the first
old ways, but the Ephrata Area Joint Authoritys Church Avenue Filter
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well beyond state permit requirements. our resources to be at during any given season.
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ship, Ephrata Township and Ephrata Borough. The filtration plant was a Then we look at the lowest cost to achieve that.
winner of a 2016 Presidents Award from the Partnership for Safe Water. JOE PEZZINO
DUAL SOURCES The borough itself is old, but Ephrata and Clay townships are not, and
The authority draws from three wells and from Cocalico Creek, which runs both have a lot of development potential, says Joe Pezzino, the authoritys
through the borough and not too far from the filtration plant. Well water flows chief operator. Were only 10 minutes from the turnpike, and were begin-
to a building that provides corrosion control, air stripping and disinfection. ning to see more businesses and satellite offices in the area. The service ter-
Well 1 produces 1,000 gpm, and Well 2 adds 200 gpm. Well 4 has nanofiltration ritory lies about 70 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
equipment because the aquifer it taps is high in sulfates and total dissolved sol- Cocalico Creek brings all the challenges of a surface water source that is
ids. Well 3 has been drilled but not developed; it is being held in reserve for growth. influenced by rains upstream. At some times it is high in nitrates washing
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off farm fields. During winter, road salt washes into the creek. We can treat Ephrata Area Joint Authority
the water no matter whats in the creek, Pezzino says. But because we can
Church Avenue Filter Plant,
draw water from multiple sources, we shut the filtration plant down during
rains and use only the wells until the creek water improves, or we reduce the Ephrata Borough, Pennsylvania
inflow from the creek to give us an edge on treatment. Theres no point in BUILT: |
1932, expanded 1985
using a lot of chemicals to treat creek water if we dont have to. POPULATION SERVED: | 24,500
Its always a balancing task to combine the sources. Water quality trumps SERVICE AREA: | Clay Township, Ephrata Township, Ephrata Borough
everything, but there are also issues of cost and managing resources. EMPLOYEES: | 4
CAPACITY: | 2 mgd
PARTNERING FOR CHANGE
SOURCE WATER: | Cocalico Creek
Well 4 is the most costly source because of the nanofiltration equipment.
SYSTEM STORAGE: | 4.75 million gallons
Its drilled in sandstone and pulls from a large area, but because of its depth
DISTRIBUTION: | 92 miles of water mains
it brings up sulfates and TDS, as does Well 2. Water from those wells is
blended with water from Well 1, which taps an aquifer flowing from the ANNUAL BUDGET: | $2.8 million (operations)
nearby hills to Cocalico Creek. After we consider water quality, the first
thing we look for is what levels we want our resources to be at during any |
KEY CHALLENGE: Achieve Partnership for Safe Water Phase II for the
distribution system
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We dont stress our wells, and we have plans for contingencies so when prob-
lems come up its not a crisis but just another day in the office, Pezzino says.
With that history of collecting and using information, it was a natural step Operator Jai Howard and team members at the Ephrata Area Joint Authority
for the authority to join the Partnership for Safe Water. pay close attention to source water quality in their quest to achieve consis-
What the Partnership taught tently low turbidity in finished product.
us is to gather information and look
at what it tells you, Pezzino says.
For example, technicians know that
ammonia will be high at certain
times of year, and they understand
how that will affect the plant. Its the
same with nitrates. In the past, our
system definitely was not optimized
although it met all regulations and
permit requirements, says Pezzino.
With the help of the Partnership
weve improved on that.
SMALL STAFF,
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Joining the Partnership and using
its resources was the idea of Jeff Iezzi,
the authoritys water quality and
compliance operator, who had worked
with the Partnership before. In 2014,
the authority was granted the Part-
nerships Phase III award for its fil-
tration plant. Last year, the authority
received the Presidents Award for
reaching Phase IV, the second high-
est level of recognition. In 2014 and
2015, the authority also received
awards for area optimization from
the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection.
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If it wasnt for the work with the Partnership and making our organi-
zation better, wed never be able to do everything we do with four people,
Pezzino says. Theres more to what we achieved. If you look at rates, were
actually the lowest-cost provider among our peers, and the Partnership work
helps us keep costs down. It also helps that we dont have huge capital needs.
One way the authority avoided large new capital expenditures was by not
building a new filtration plant. Instead, the old building on Church Avenue
underwent a significant renovation.
THE OLD RENEWED

We cleaned it up, fixed it up, automated it, brought it back to life, Pez-
zino says. During the past six years, the authority has replaced the filter sys-
tem, added an Aries air scour system (Roberts Filter Group), repaired the
sedimentation basins, put a new roof on the building, repainted the building
inside and out, and improved the piping, electrical system, automation and
valves. People who visit comment on how clean the building is, Pezzino says.
We also have a DEP-approved source plan in place, so we dont look at
just treating the water coming in, but we also look at what can we do to make
the water better in our area, he says.
Two 16-inch mains under one of the boroughs streets bring water from
Cocalico Creek into the Church Avenue plant. A flowmeter (Master Meter)
measures the incoming water and an inline static mix plate (Westfall Man-
ufacturing Co.) feeds coagulants. Next, the water flows past a 24-nozzle aer-
ator, receives prechlorination, and flows into one of two sedimentation and
flocculation basins equipped with mixers (Philadelphia Mixing Solutions).
Post-chlorination comes just before water enters filters equipped with
Mario Asencio and other members of the plants small staff have benefited
the Aries air scour system. Next is a clearwell where a Seaquest orthopoly-
greatly from participation in the Partnership for Safe Water.
phosphate blend (Aqua Smart Inc.) is added to inhibit corrosion. Two 75
hp/1,000 gpm pumps move water into the distribution system. The author-
ity has standardized on Peerless pumps (Grundfos Pumps) driven by motors Proseries-M Model M-2 peristaltic pumps (Blue-White Industries). That stan-
from U.S. Motors (Nidec Motor Corporation). Chemicals are introduced with dardization makes repairs and parts inventories much easier to manage.
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If it wasnt for the work with the Partnership and making our organization
better, wed never be able to do everything we do with four people.
JOE PEZZINO
The team at the Ephrata Area Joint Authority Church

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Besides Pezzino and Iezzi, the operations team includes
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the Pennsylvania Rural Water Association. In 2016, he
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polymers.
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management and other administrative tasks, Pezzino
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GOING TO THE SOURCE

While the Ephrata Area Joint Authority is busy making its so we can do a full assessment of what in the area could harm our
treatment operations better through its work with the Partnership water sources, and from that point figuring out what our best
for Safe Water, the staffs hope to take advantage of another actions would be, Pezzino says.
partnership to improve its source. The authority is starting small. The first project will be to post
In 2015, the state approved the authoritys plan to become part signs around the watershed advising people to dial 911 if they see a
of the Pennsylvania watershed protection program. Run by the state contaminant spill. Another option is to join the Ephrata Borough
Department of Environmental Protection, the program can provide program to educate people against putting grass clippings in the
money for public education, installing riparian buffers, building street because of their potential to contribute nitrogen and phos-
wetlands that mitigate stormwater surges, and repairing stream phorus to waterways, and about being careful with detergents used
banks, among other activities. In fiscal 2015, the state awarded to wash cars. More complicated actions will require more thought.
$3.26 million in U.S. EPA grants to manage nonpoint source If we wanted to restore the banks of streams that feed into
pollution in 11 counties. Cocalico Creek, youre talking big-dollar items to put in riparian
The first step, as in the safe water program, is to gather informa- buffers, says Pezzino. For other projects, a partnership would make
tion, says Joe Pezzino, chief operator: It takes a bunch of years to sense. For example, if the authority wanted to work with farmers to
evaluate everything in an area. That will include gathering infor- reduce nutrient loading in runoff, it would make more sense to
mation on gas stations with underground storage tanks that may partner with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, whose
leak, on agricultural runoff sources, and on companies that work experts work with that issue all the time and know the people.
with hazardous materials. Its basically pulling together all the facts
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HEARTS
AND MINDS
LEFT: To create an EyeOnWater account,
customers go to the website, type in their
account number and download the app.
It takes about five minutes to set up.
BELOW: The Santa Fe Water Division sent
inserts with customers water bills in
January and July encouraging them to
sign up for the EyeOnWater app.
GRAPHICS COURTESY OF THE CITY OF SANTA FE WATER DIVISION
Theres a (Water) App for That

THE SANTA FE WATER DIVISION UNVEILS SMARTPHONE APP TO HELP CUSTOMERS IDENTIFY LEAKS,
UNDERSTAND THEIR WATER USAGE, AND ADOPT CONSERVATION HABITS
By Craig Mandli
W
e live in a connected world. Nearly everyone has a pocket device ics, EyeOnWater lets customers view and understand their usage through
that can feed them any information they desire. simple graphs. It also lets them establish alerts to better manage their usage.
Knowing this, the Santa Fe (New Mexico) Water Division has Its designed to promote conservation by offering hourly, daily, monthly and
leveraged the smart remote-read water meters in residents yearly data directly from the metering system.
homes to offer a program that encourages buy-in to water The city receives a notification from the system when water
conservation. leaks are indicated. The system designers determined there
The remote-read meters (Badger Meter) were installed should be at least one hour in the day where a home isnt
throughout the city in 2016. Besides making meter reading running any water, Grosse says. If the system detects run-
easy, they enable customers to track their water usage and ning water at such times, we are notified, and we then notify
even pinpoint problems on their property using the EyeOn- the homeowner.
Water smartphone app. Program organizers say customers
are taking a big interest. RECRUITING BY MAIL
The division sent inserts with customers water bills last
WATCHFUL EYE January and July. The insert asked customers to sign up for
Weve had more than 2,200 people so far sign up for the app, says the EyeOnWater app.
Caryn Grosse, senior water conservation specialist. Our whole goal is to All customers need to do is go to the website, type in their account num-
get people to see beyond the dollar amount on their bills. ber and download the app, says Grosse. It only takes about five minutes to
Available through Badger Meters BEACON advanced metering analyt- set up.

People have a lot of fun following the app. They use it to pinpoint where they are using
water and make changes as a result. Not only is it saving them money on their bill,
but it is also helping us conserve water as a community.
CARYN GROSSE
Whats Your Story?
If water runs continuously for a whole day, the system alerts the user by ter handle you can keep on the TPO welcomes news about your
public education and community
email or text. Grosse tracks water usage for her own home through her web system. If your customers are edu-
outreach efforts for future articles
browser, which provides more detailed information than the smartphone cated, theres more accountability in the Hearts and Minds column.
app. She says many app users were surprised at how much water they used in the choices they make. Send your ideas to editor@tpo
in a day and where that water was used. mag.com or call 877/953-3301.
People who have drip irrigation systems were astounded by how much
water they actually use, she says. Those systems
can also spring leaks very easily, often without the
homeowner knowing. Many customers down-
loaded the EyeOnWater app after receiving a letter
notifying them of a leak. Many continue to monitor
their usage even after making the needed repairs.
When people see anomalies, they often call to ask
us about it, says Grosse. We use that first contact
as a jumping-off point for conservation education.
CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS
By analyzing data from the EyeOnWater app,
division staff members can quickly determine the
cause of excess water usage and then remedy the
issue. They can also use the data to discuss with cit-
izens how to avoid usage issues in the future.
EyeOnWater actually lets us break down where
theres a problem in the water delivery system, says
Grosse. When you really drill it down, it can deter-
mine if the problem is over-irrigation, leaks or other
water usage. The goal is to help people better under-
stand how they use their water.
The utility takes a multifaceted approach in
teaching customers to use the app. Staff members
have appeared at community events and in local
media to highlight it. Theyve found that people of
different ages need different approaches.
The younger people who are tech savvy are
downloading the app and using it, but with others,
there is definitely more education involved, says
Grosse. We have walked a lot of people through
how to use the app on their phones and have taught
them how to download it on their computer if they
dont have a smartphone.
COMMUNITY BENEFIT
Grosse says that once people download and
learn the app, they often open it regularly. Its mak-
ing a difference, as data indicates those using the
app use less water: That has been an interesting
process. People have a lot of fun following the app.
They use it to pinpoint where they are using water
and make changes as a result. Not only is it saving
them money on their bill, but it is also helping us
conserve water as a community.
Grosse suggests communities looking at remote-
read meters consider those with programs that
allow customers to keep tabs on their water: The
more aware you can make your customers, the bet-

top performer
wastewater: PLANT
Brian Ovitt, assistant operator at

Enosburg Falls, cleans the bar rack
beside a Channel Monster grinder
pump (JWC Environmental).

Rainy Day
People
THE ENOSBURG FALLS TEAM ACTS TO LIMIT OVERFLOWS FROM WET-WEATHER EVENTS
AND LAYS ASIDE FUNDS TO MAKE REGULAR PLANT PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS
STORY: Jim Force
PHOTOGRAPHY: Oliver Parini
RAINY DAYS USED TO SPELL TROUBLE FOR THE

Enosburg Falls (Vermont) Wastewater Treatment Facility in the form of
combined sewer overflows. That led to a major upgrade in 2012, including a
30,000-gallon offline storage tank to contain excess flows for later treatment.
Meanwhile, Rodney Allen, chief operator, with assistant Brian Ovitt, cre-
ated a rainy day fund to make repairs and replacements that keep the day-
to-day operations running smoothly. The fund is supported by sewer allocation
fees and a $10,000 annual operating budget set-aside. We identify projects
and make needed improvements every year, he says. This year well install
a new drive mechanism for the anaerobic selector tank mixers and replace
one of our pumps.
Aeration basins at the Enosburg Falls Wastewater Treatment Facility.

OUT WITH CSOS
The Enosburg Falls facility dates to 1977, when it

replaced septic tanks that risked leakage to Vermonts We dont need big money for these projects. Every year,
Missisquoi River, a tributary to Lake Champlain and
the plants receiving stream. Designed by the DuBois & we keep the plant looking good and working well. We set
King engineering firm, the plant included headworks,
extended aeration activated sludge treatment, clarifica- this fund up when I first started working here. The state liked it.
tion and chlorine disinfection.
The village began separating storm sewers and roof
Its worked out really well for us.
RODNEY ALLEN
drains from the sanitary sewer system in 1995. Phospho-
rus reduction programs were completed in 1995-96 with
the addition of an anaerobic selector process for biological phosphorus rainfall exceeded 2.5 inches in 24 hours. Since then the village has had no
removal. The aeration systems were upgraded in 2005 with fine-bubble dif- CSO violations. It has been needed on a few occasions but has always per-
fusers (Sanitaire - a Xylem Brand). formed to design, Allen says.
The 2012 upgrade responded to a state order to control CSOs and included During the same upgrade, the village installed a new influent screening
the 30,000-gallon cast-in-place concrete tank to store excess influent when structure and grit removal system, added another chlorine contact tank, and

installed a double disc pump (Penn Valley Pump Co.) to drain that and other
Enosburg Falls Wastewater Treatment Facility tanks as needed. The work also included improvements to the blowers, includ-
PERMIT AND PERFORMANCE ing variable-frequency drives for the existing aeration systems. Design engi-
INFLUENT EFFLUENT PERMIT neer was Aldrich + Elliott, and NECCO was the general contractor.
BOD 421 mg/L 3.4 mg/L 30 mg/L
TSS 169 mg/L 5.4 mg/L 30 mg/L EFFECTIVE BIO-P
Today, the plant handles an average flow of 250,000 gpd. Wastewater first
Phosphorus 4.24 mg/L 0.18 mg/L 0.8 mg/L
passes through an influent structure that includes two coarse bar racks for
screening. The headworks includes a vortex grit removal system with grit
collector, grit pumps and grit cyclone (all from Envirodyne Systems).
Brian Ovitt, left, assistant operator, and Rodney Allen, chief operator.
Enosburg Falls (Vermont) Wastewater

The anaerobic selector tanks, funded entirely by a state grant, provide
Treatment Facility conditions to enhance biological phosphorus removal. The contents are main-
BUILT: |
1977 (CSO upgrade 2012) tained at zero dissolved oxygen and are mixed by Flygt - a Xylem Brand,
POPULATION SERVED: | 1,300 Sulzer Pumps Solutions and Hydromatic submersible mixers. Retention time
AREA SERVED: | Village of Enosburg Falls is about two hours. Although the plant has capability to add alum for phos-
FLOWS: | 450,000 gpd design, 250,000 gpd average phorus precipitation, that is seldom used.
TREATMENT LEVEL: | Secondary We piloted the selector system back around 1999-2000, says Allen. We
TREATMENT PROCESS: | Extended aeration activated proved to the state that we could operate it and biologically remove phospho-
RECEIVING STREAM: | Missisquoi River (tributary to Lake Champlain) rus. After biological treatment, the flow passes to the aeration basins and
BIOSOLIDS: | Hauled off site for processing
on into dual rectangular clarifiers. The effluent is then chlorinated and flows
through two contact tanks that provide about four hours detention time.
ANNUAL BUDGET: | $600,000 (operations)
Biosolids are aerobically digested, again using fine-bubble aerators. The
WEBSITE: | www.villageofenosburgfalls.org
liquid material at about 3 percent solids is hauled by a contractor to the
GPS COORDINATES: | Latitude: 44549.88N; longitude: 724831.62W Plattsburgh (New York) Wastewater Treatment Plant about an hour away for
dewatering followed by landfilling or composting.

READY SOURCE OF FUNDS We piloted the selector system back around 1999-2000. We proved to
The rainy day fund has performed
well. Allen calls it his sewer equip- the state that we could operate it and biologically remove phosphorus.
ment replacement fund. At present, RODNEY ALLEN
the fund totals about $260,000, not
a big number to midsized and large wastewater authorities, but a goodly sum The two staff the plant each weekday, then alternate on-call duties on
for a plant as small as Enosburg Falls. weekends and holidays, including three-hour shifts on Saturdays and Sun-
Every year we make a list of in-house projects that need doing. Allen days. They use beepers and smartphones to maintain contact during
says. This year, well put new vertical-shaft drives on the mixers in our off-hours.
selector tank. Well assist in the installation and hope to achieve better mix- Computer-driven data and manual recordkeeping enable Allen and Ovitt
ing, greater efficiency and easier access for maintenance. Allen and Ovitt to keep track of maintenance requirements. We keep a record on every piece
also installed a new replacement pump (Gorman-Rupp Company) at one lift of equipment in the plant, says Allen. We update it every month. We keep
station and will widen the plants access gate to allow large vehicles like bio- a regular book. If something goes down, we have a backup. Good recordkeep-
solids trucks to enter and leave more easily. All these projects will cost an ing over the years has allowed us to plan for the future. (continued)
estimated $30,000.
We dont need big money for these projects,
says Allen. Every year, we keep the plant looking
good and working well. We set this fund up when I
first started working here. The state liked it. Its
worked out really well for us. We know how long
things will last; we dont wait for them to fail. Were
refurbishing the plant for the future.
STRONG STAFF
The do-it-yourself approach is not surprising at
Enosburg Falls. Allen and Ovitt are combat veterans,
and answering the call is nothing new to them. Allen,
who started as an assistant at the plant in 1978, served
in Vietnam, where he was a mess hall sergeant for
three years. Ovitt, who has a degree in environmen-
tal and civil engineering, served in the U.S. Army
from 1989-95 as part of an air assault unit.
PLAQUES APLENTY
The Enosburg Falls Wastewater Facility
and its staff members have earned several
major awards for excellence. They include:
Plant Excellence Award, Green
Mountain Water Environment Asso-
ciation second place, 1981-83; first
place, 1984, 1987, 1990, 2016
Rodney Allen, Operator of the Year,
New England WEA, 1991; Outstand-
ing Service in Water Pollution Con-
trol, Green Mountain WEA, 2010
Brian Ovitt, Andrew D. Fish Labo-
ratory Excellence, Green Mountain
WEA, 2015
Allen notes that the awards in the
1980s were received when the late Sam
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ABOVE: Brian Ovitt adjusts the double disc pump (Penn Valley Pump).
RIGHT: Rodney Allen takes a dissolved oxygen meter reading of the process
tanks. BELOW: Allen records data from the plants main control center.
STAYING SAFE
The plant maintains an excellent safety program. We have regular safety
meetings, says Ovitt, who has completed OSHA safety training. The Ver-
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FEEDING FERRIC CHLORIDE TO DIGESTED BIOSOLIDS PAID BIG DIVIDENDS IN DRIER MATERIAL,
LOWER HAULING COSTS AND REDUCED ODOR COMPLAINTS IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS
By Scottie Dayton
F
or some two decades, Renda Environmental has
applied more than 40,000 dry tons of Class A
exceptional quality lime-stabilized and dewa-
tered biosolids on agricultural sites for the city of Fort
Worth, Texas.
We had some odor complaints throughout the years,
but nothing serious until they spiked in spring 2013, says
Ben Davis, environmental program manager for the dewa-
tering facility. Thats when operators noticed a change
in the characteristics of the anaerobically digested biosol-
ids in response to a significant drop in iron concentration.
The material became wetter and visually unattractive.
Davis, who was familiar with Kemira Chemicals, a
global chemistry company, called applications manager
Tafadzwa Tee Mariga, who analyzed the material and
then ran a trial mixing it with ferric sulfate. Results were
encouraging, but not the solution. To reduce odors fur-
ther, Mariga switched to feeding PIX-111, a ferric chlo-
ride based on trivalent iron (Fe3+).
Although a six-month trial was necessary to custom-
ize the flow-based equipment, operators saw the biosol-
ids characteristics change within hours of feeding the
primary coagulant. The material went from sloppy to An operator at the Renda facility adjusts the polymer feed levels at the local control panel. The plant
granular and was more aesthetically pleasing, says Davis. lowered polymer usage by about 30 percent, helping to reduce odor complaints.
Previously, we were fortunate if the belt presses achieved
14 percent solids. With the addition of ferric chloride, 16
to 18 percent solids became the norm. More good news lay ahead. INJECTION POINT
The 166 mgd (design) Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility aver-
ages 100 mgd from 900,000 city residents and 22 communities. Pumps in a
wet well at the plant send digested biosolids through a mile-long, 12-inch
pipe to a 500,000-gallon storage tank at the dewatering facility.
Five 2-meter belt filter presses (Andritz Separation) keep up with demand.
The facilitys dump trucks make numerous weekly trips to application sites
40 to 70 miles away. Mechanical spreaders disperse the material. Renda Envi-
ronmental staffs the entire operation.
Because of the distance between the treatment plant and dewatering
facility, the trials biggest factor was selecting the appropriate injection point
for the chemical, says Davis. The treatment plant had an ideal location.
Kemira technicians fabricated a dosing point to increase surface area for
maximum mixing of the ferric chloride and sludge. Proprietary KemConnect
software monitors the process and adjusts doses based on flow meter readings.
Finished material from Rendas biosolids storage pad is loaded onto a It also monitors the tank level, creates daily reports on the process, creates alarms
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week. Initially, we had readings of 120 ppm to 130 ppm. When they dropped
to the single digits, we knew we had the correct dosage. At the time, it was
2 gallons of chemical per 1,000 gallons of digested biosolids.
The 90 percent reduction in orthophosphate ended the formation of stru-
vite. Previously, operators had noticed struvite accumulating in the piping
and grinder pumps, blinding the belts and perforated rollers on the presses.
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and restoring the presses efficiency. Today, the facility has no struvite issues. istry that lasted a day or two and could have generated legitimate odor
While drier cake reduced the number of weekly truckloads, its difficult complaints.
to determine monetary savings. Crews dredge the settling ponds occasion- In a March 2016 trial study, Renda Environmental fed chlorine dioxide
ally, and that volume spikes the hauling numbers. If we didnt have ferric (Water Solutions, a division of Azure Water Services) to its biosolids storage
chloride to turn to, we would be in big trouble, says Davis. Application tank. The oxidizer, dosed at 100 ppm, was implemented full time in Decem-
costs would have gone up exponentially because we would have had more ber 2016. Davis says, This additional treatment step has greatly diminished
truckloads hauling greater distances to more isolated application sites. the likelihood of odor events.
DOWN WITH POLYMER

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biosolids hit the belt presses, operators could reduce polymer usage by about
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WASTEWATER:
ANSWER: C. Before reviewing the steps used to arrive at the answer, it is
The operator of an extended-aeration activated sludge treatment important to understand a few things about solving math questions. There is
facility running at a 10-day solids retention time (SRT) completes a usually more than one method to arrive at a correct answer. In solving this
monthly microscopic examination of a sample of mixed liquor word problem, we used the standard rounding method: for anything over 5,
suspended solids (MLSS) from the effluent end of the last aeration round the preceding digit to next highest value, and round out to the hun-
tank before the clarifiers. He looks at three slides and documents the dredth digit (two values to the right of the decimal place x.xx). It is also
data in the table below. Based on all the information provided, what valuable to identify how the distractors (fake answers) are generated in
is the best assumption about the current plant operating condition? many exam situations. As you work the math, you might recognize some of
the numbers used to make the incorrect choices, but also recognize that the
ORGANISM Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Total Average units shown with those choices are not correct. For example, answer B, 708.0
Amoeba, blobs 15 18 27 60 20 gpm, is actually the flow rate as cubic feet per second with the decimal in the
Amoeba, shelled 1 0 1 2 0.7 wrong space. Watch out for traps along the way to solving the question that
Flagellates 21 18 23 62 21 might draw you into picking an incorrect answer.
Free-swimming ciliates 15 14 10 39 13
Stalked ciliates 3 4 1 8 2.7 Calculation steps:
Rotifers 0 2 0 2 0.7 Use the formula shown, as adapted from State of Florida Drinking
Worms 0 0 0 0 0 Water Operator and Water Distribution System Operator Math Formula
Other 0 0 0 0 0 Sheets:
Flow Rate, gpm = (Area, sq. ft.)(Velocity, ft/sec)(7.48 gal/cu ft)(60 sec/min)
A. The facility is running optimally and no changes need to be made. or Q = V x A x 7.48 x 60
B. The MLSS and SRT are too high and the waste rate should be
increased. Convert diameter (D) inches to feet: 18-inch pipe opening 12 inches/
C. The food/microorganism (F/M) ratio is too low and the waste rate ft = 1.5 ft.
should be increased. Calculate the cross-section area, in square feet, of the pipe: A = 0.785
D. The MLSS and SRT are too low and the waste rate should be x D x D. A = 0.785 x 1.5 x 1.5. Area = 1.77 sq. ft.
decreased.
Next, calculate the cubic foot volume of just the 4-foot length given as
ANSWER: D. Remember that the question asks you to base your answer on velocity, ft/sec. The total pipe length of 1 mile is not needed. This question
all the information described, including the stem of the question, which is about the how fast the 4-foot section of water in the pipe is moving, not
states that the extended aeration plant is operating at a 10-day SRT. This is the total gallons.
on the low side of the normal operating range for extended aeration, which Volume, V = A x length. V = 1.77 sq. ft. x 4 . Volume = 7.08 cu ft. Note
is 20 to 30 days with an F/M ratio from 0.05 to 0.15 pounds of BOD per that this is actually 7.08 cubic feet per second (cfs) because the 4-foot number used
pound of mixed liquor volatile suspended solids (MLVSS) per day. Typical was the velocity as 4 feet per second. The second units remain with the value as
MLSS values range from 2,000 to 6,000 mg/L. 7.08 cfs.
A microscopic examination of typical extended aeration MLSS will Now, calculate the flow rate in gallons per second (gps) using the con-
normally reveal a predominance of rotifers, nematodes (roundworms) and version value of 7.48 gal/cu.ft. Gallons/second = 7.08 cfs x 7.48 gal/cu.ft.
stalked ciliates, with some free-swimming ciliates, but few (if any) flagel- Flow rate = 52.96 gps.
lates and blob (proteus) amoeba. There may be many shelled (testate) Lastly, convert to gpm by multiplying the gps by 60 seconds per minute:
amoeba observed, and they resemble brown doughnuts. The sample results 52.96 gps x 60 sec/min = 3,177.6 gpm.
shown are more representative of a young sludge age commonly found in
conventional or contact-stabilization activated sludge facilities. The opera- Thats a lot of steps for one answer that may be only worth one point on an
tor will need to decrease the waste rate to build MLSS up, which raises the exam but it may be the one extra point that rewards you with a 70 percent
SRT and decreases the F/M ratio. On a side note, a microscopic exam of passing score. If you struggle with math, the best advice is to practice, practice,
MLSS is recommended more often than once per month. A few times per and practice some more. Use the steps above, but change the initial num-
week is more acceptable. bers a bit to make it a new question (pipe diameter, velocity, etc.) and then
work it out again. State exams usually have math formula sheets, so practice
with them to help you gain confidence in your math skills. You can do it!
WATER:
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
An 18-inch water transmission main is 1 mile long. If the velocity in
Ron Trygar, a certified environmental trainer, is the senior training specialist for
the main is 4 feet per second, what is the flow rate in gallons per
water and wastewater programs at the University of Floridas TREEO Center.
minute (gpm)? Select the closest answer.
He has worked in the wastewater industry for more than 30 years in a variety of
A. 52.9 gpm
locations and positions. He holds a Florida Class A wastewater treatment opera-
B. 708.0 gpm
tor license and a Florida Class B drinking water operator license.
C. 3,177.6 gpm
D. 5,296.4 gpm

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STORY: Jack Powell | PHOTOGRAPHY: James Robinson
TO THE 16,000 CUSTOMERS OF THE Despite such accolades, Shaffer remains hum-
ONEONTA (NEW YORK) WATER ble. I was more than shocked when I learned Id
Treatment Plant, Stanley Shaffer is more than the won, he says. He mentions his nomination by
lead operator. In 38 years there, driven by a com- Greg Mattice, city engineer, and his endorsement
mitment to provide the safest and cleanest water by Shane Finch, the citys NYSDOH representa-
possible, Shaffer has become a resource vital to tive. Even my wife, Karen, filled in some of the
the citys health and well-being. blanks in the nomination form. Everyone played a
City leaders and officials with the New York role, including the great team of operators I
State Department of Health (NYSDOH) call supervise.
Shaffer extremely knowledgeable, forward-
looking, and an incredible asset. Oneonta Mayor FROM DAIRY FARM
Gary Herzig, in a local newspaper column, observed, TO WATER PLANT
One big reason that we can take healthy water for A self-effacing style has been Shaffers trade-
granted is a man named Stan Shaffer. If you spend mark since he joined the water plant team in 1979.
time with Stan in our water treatment plant, you Growing up on his familys dairy farm, he
will quickly learn that he has a passion for pro- showed a strong interest in natural sciences. He
ducing healthy, good-tasting water. earned an associate degree in laboratory tech-
niques from the State University of New York
HONORED FOR DEDICATION Cobleskill and then, in 1972, a bachelors degree
Officials praise Shaffers desire to learn new in biology from SUNY Oneonta, where he also
technologies and treatment techniques, his ability took chemistry and environmental science courses.
to manage and motivate operators, and his deter- Needing a job, he worked at a factory in Walton, a
mination to generate positive interactions with village of 3,100, and then spent a year and a half as
the community through meetings, internships an operator at that communitys wastewater treat-
and school tours. ment plant.
Those good feelings culminated last April Seeing an ad in the Oneonta newspaper for a
when Shaffer received the 2017 Operators Merito- civil service exam for wastewater and water treat-
rious Service Award from the New York Section ment plant operators, he took the test but heard
AWWA. The group cited his dedication to Stanley Shaffer, lead operator, Oneonta Water nothing. A year and a half later, while working at
researching new technology and process improve- Treatment Plant the Walton plant, he interviewed for a job at the
ments, which has allowed Oneonta to continu- Oneonta wastewater plant. He didnt get it, but
ously improve its water quality while maintaining a low cost to the end user. the chief operator told him there would soon be an opening at the water
Even during many storm and flood events, including the 500-year flood of treatment plant and laboratory. He was hired in 1979 and was promoted to
2006, the city, due to Stans leadership and diligence, has had zero U.S. EPA chief operator in 1990. He earned a Grade II-A Community Water Operator
and NYSDOH water-quality violations to date. license in 1981 and Grade I-A license 10 years later.

Stan is a great guy and a great employee. Hes dedicated to his job and so The Oneonta plant team
includes, from left, Steven
interested in all aspects of water treatment. ... Hes always looking for new Schaefer, Karen Shaffer,
ways to improve the plant, to make the best and safest water he can make. Stanley Shaffer, Scott
Kellogg, Thomas House
GREG MATTICE and Paul Thayer.
Stanley H. Shaffer,
City of Oneonta, New York
POSITION: |Chief operator, water treatment plant
EXPERIENCE: | 38 years in water industry
|
DUTIES: Oversee 4.5 mgd plant and state-certified
laboratory
|
EDUCATION: Bachelors degree in chemistry,
State University of New York Oneonta;
associate degree in laboratory techniques,
SUNY Cobleskill
CERTIFICATIONS: | Grade I-A Water Operator
MEMBERSHIPS: | AWWA New York Section
|
BUDGET: $1.1 million (Treatment and
distribution operations)
GOAL: | Remain on the job serving the people of Oneonta
The Lower Reservoir at the

Oneonta Water Treatment Plant.

Final sedimentation at the Oneonta
treatment facility.
MANAGING AN AGING
WATER PLANT
Once on board, Shaffer dedi-
cated himself to providing excel-
lent drinking water by helping the
plant operate as efficiently as possi-
ble. Designed by New York City
engineer Thomas Riddick, whom
Shaffer calls a genius, the 4.5
mgd plant came online in 1957.
Oneonta, once a big railroad town,
became smaller as the Delaware &
Hudson Line offices and repair
shops closed or moved away. When
Shaffer arrived, the plant was treat-
ing about 3 mgd; at present, it aver-
ages about 1.6 mgd.
City water comes from two res- PREPPING THE NEXT GENERATION
ervoirs, Wilber Lake and Oneonta
Creek, and a supplemental well. Stanley Shaffer has a strong commitment to continuing
Water is piped through a conven- education that includes developing himself and his team of
tional treatment process and pumped operators and promoting water as a career option. He seeks ways
to a booster station, then into six to expand operators knowledge beyond the Oneonta Water
Aquastore fiberglass-lined steel stor-
Treatment Plant. For example, he coordinated the inclusion of two
age tanks (CST Industries) before being fed through 66 miles of distribu-
operators in the operation and maintenance of the citys outdoor
tion mains. During his career, Shaffer has led a variety of upgrades and
initiatives. These include: public swimming pool, helping the Parks Department provide a
A preventive maintenance program that involved scraping and paint- valuable service.
ing of the filter gallery floor and installing a new access catwalk to the In 1985, Shaffer launched an internship program for college
low-service/sludge pumps. students majoring in the environmental sciences, biology,
Installing SolarBee solar-powered mixers (Medora Corporation - chemistry and water resources. Interns help research treatment
SolarBee / GridBee) in several of the water storage tanks. technologies and laboratory techniques. Through a partnership
A switch from dry chemical feeder units to metered liquid dosing
with his alma mater, SUNY Oneonta, he has introduced bright,
pumps (ProMinent Fluid Controls) that proved more accurate and
young people to various water-quality issues.
more cost-effective.
A 2003 conversion from gaseous chlorine to a two-stage mixed-oxi- The value of the program cannot be understated, says Greg
dant disinfection system (MIOX Corporation) and a subsequent sys- Mattice, city engineer. Over the years, weve had scores of
tem upgrade in 2011. interns and probably hired 40 or 50 college students. Stan directly
A new SCADA system (Dell computer, GE software, Bristol-Babcock contributes to the education of the younger generation in a field
controls) installed in 2015-16 that incorporates inline analyzers for that is of utmost importance to the public. Shaffer constantly
chlorine, pH, turbidity, ORP and UV transmittance. (The facility recommends water careers when he gives plant tours to students
uses a UV254 analyzer to fine-tune the coagulation process for organ-
from second grade to college. He points to the variety of well-paid
ics removal.)
positions in the industry: maintenance, operations, laboratory
City engineer Mattice observes, Stan is a great guy and a great employee.
Hes dedicated to his job and so interested in all aspects of water treatment. work, construction and others.
He has taken just about every treatment course he can, and hes always I tell the younger ones to stay in school and learn as much as
pleased to share his knowledge with younger people. Hes always looking they can, he says. For the college kids, I point out that water
for new ways to improve the plant, to make the best and safest water he and wastewater is a great field. A lot of people dont go into it, so
can make. theres less competition for jobs. We have an aging workforce, so
we need young people to replace those who are retiring. And
EMPATHETIC STYLE there are many more men than women in the field, which means
Technical skills aside, Shaffer earns high marks as a boss. He super-
more women should get involved. There are opportunities for
vises six team members:.
everyone, and I want them to know whats available.
Karen Shaffer (his wife), operator and laboratory chemist (Grade I-A license)
Paul Thayer, senior plant operator and lab technical director (Grade I-A)
Thomas House, operator II (Grade II-A)
Steven Schaefer, operator (Grade II-A) going. Other staff members work from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., taking samples
Terry Harkenreader, part-time maintenance from the distribution system for analysis in the Environmental Laboratory
Scott Kellogg, part-time student worker Accreditation Program-certified lab and doing maintenance on pumps,
One operator comes in at 5 oclock every morning and gets the plant mixed-media filters and other equipment.

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While Shaffer considers communication impor-

tant to leadership, he rates empathy even higher:
You have to get the job done, but you also have to
think about the person and what theyre dealing
with inside and outside the plant. For example, we
have an operator who has children, so its important
for him to have some flexibility on the weekends.
You have to understand the people working for you
and whats important to them on a day-to-day basis. Are you forced to do more with less?
Operator Schaefer gladly attests to Shaffers super-
visory capabilities. On the job for a year and a half
So, when do you find time for pump servicing?
and the plants newest Grade II-A operator, he
observes, Stan has been like a father Ive never had.
Hes been very accepting of me and is eager to show
me the water trade and explain how everything
works. When I came to work here, I had no experi-
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affect the plant, because hes always looking ahead. past retirement age, but I keep having projects Id like to see through, and Ive
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Batteries Included
A CALIFORNIA DISTRICT INSTALLS AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM TO HELP MAKE
MORE EFFICIENT USE OF ELECTRICITY FROM COGENERATION AND SOLAR POWER
By Steve Lund
S
ustainable energy is a high priority for the Napa (California) Sanita- a concrete slab. Each cabinet is 8 feet tall, 8 feet wide and 6 feet deep. The
tion District. That leads the operators of the districts 15.4 mgd waste- batteries reduce energy charges by discharging at times of day when utility
water treatment plant to some innovative projects. rates are highest. They can also reduce the districts peak demand on the
One of those projects is the installation of batteries designed and manu- utility grid and thus limit demand charges.
factured by Tesla. The batteries help the district make more efficient use of The battery system is either charging, discharging or waiting, says
electric power from the wastewater treatment plants cogeneration system Tucker. If we have a high load, it knows not to charge. Its constantly sens-
and its array of solar panels. ing our meter and determining what to do. The battery pack is rated at 1
We use a fairly large amount of electricity, says Jeff Tucker, chief finan- MW/2 MWh, which means the batteries could discharge 1 MW for two hours
cial officer. At any given time, we use 500 kW to 1.6 MW. Electricity is or a lesser amount for a longer time.
expensive, so we try to reduce the energy we consume and produce our own
energy. Part of that package and way of thinking is the batteries. They allow OPERATING PARTNERSHIP
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rest and handles operations and maintenance. Its fairly passive and auto-
SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS mated, says Tucker. Teslas programmers and monitors are all remote. They
Founded in 1945, the Napa Sanitation District collects and treats waste- have telemetry directly into our system. If anything is going on with the bat-
water for some 82,000 residents in its city and surround-

ing unincorporated areas. The districts energy demand
is relatively high because it recycles about 2,000 acre- The battery system is either charging, discharging or
feet of water each summer and pumps it to farms, vine-
yards, parks, cemeteries and other sites. waiting. If we have a high load, it knows not to charge.
The batteries are expected to save about $110,000 per Its constantly sensing our meter and determining what to do.
year in electric utility charges, to be split between the
JEFF TUCKER
district and Tesla. So far, its looking very positive,
Tucker says. teries, they can tell right away. If its something small, they ask us to fix it.
Napa Mayor Jill Techel, who also chairs the sanitation district, consid- If its something larger, then they come out. We see them only if there is a
ers the project a great success. Long-range planning helped put the district problem, and there havent been many problems.
in position to capture the opportunity. Its just great to be producing green Most electricity generated at the district comes from biogas produced in
energy and using it at peak times, she says. its 1.2-million-gallon, egg-shaped anaerobic digester, which rises 80 feet
The five white metal cabinets containing lithium-ion batteries stand on above ground and extends 40 feet below ground. At first, the biogas provided

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WILLIAM D. HATFIELD AWARD-WINNER SUE BAERT SUCCEEDS WITH HARD WORK,
A WINNING MANAGEMENT STYLE, AND EXTENSIVE SERVICE TO INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
STORY: Trude Witham | PHOTOGRAPHY: Rob Hart
SUE BAERT CREDITS HER HUS- in 2014. She credits the plants solid compli-
BAND, DAN, FOR GETTING HER ance history, made possible by good design
into the wastewater treatment industry. and a talented, proactive staff. She also cred-
I grew up on a Wisconsin farm, got my its her volunteer work as an executive board
biology degree and worked in the lab at a cheese member of CSWEA and the DuPage River
plant, says Baert. Then I met my future hus- Salt Creek Workgroup.
band, who was from Illinois. He showed her
an ad for a lab technician at the Wheaton (Illi- IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE
nois) Sanitary District. The districts activated sludge plant (8.9
That was 27 years ago. She got the job, mgd design/6.19 mgd average) serves about
worked in the lab for 18 years, and worked up 63,000 customers in Illinois including Whea-
to wastewater treatment plant superintendent, ton, southern Carol Stream, small portions
a position she has held for seven years. Her of Glen Ellyn and Winfield, and unincorpo-
experience and management skills served her rated areas of DuPage County.
well as she met challenges head on, from plant Archimedes screws carry the influent
upgrades and staff training to learning the through 4 mm fine screens (Headworks Inter-
financial side of the business. Shes eager to share national), followed by aerated grit chambers.
information with those who seek her advice. Raptor units (Lakeside Equipment) wash and
compact the screenings and grit. The flow
WELL-DESERVED RECOGNITION moves on to four primary settling tanks and
Baert is grateful to her mentors, includ- then to five aeration tanks with fine-bubble
ing lab manager Danette Stout, former plant diffusers (Environmental Dynamics Interna-
superintendent Steve Bollweg, and executive tional) fed by a 200 hp blower (APG-Neuros).
director Steve Maney. Her biggest mentor, Sue Baert, plant superintendent, Wheaton Sanitary District After settling in four secondary clarifiers
though, was former plant manager Bob Clavel. (Walker Process Equipment, A Div. of McNish
He exposed me to many outside organiza- Corp.), the water flows by gravity to eight
tions by suggesting that I check out what they were doing in the wastewater Hydro-Clear sand filters (Evoqua Water Technologies), and is then pumped
field. He encouraged me to become involved with state and federal regula- to a contact tank for sodium hypochlorite disinfection. The water is dechlo-
tions by reviewing and submitting comments. But all my mentors let me rinated with sulfur dioxide gas and discharged to Spring Brook Creek. Effluent
grow and encouraged me to think outside the box. averages 1.9 mg/L BOD, 2.5 mg/L TSS and 0.42 mg/L ammonia nitrogen.
Baert received the 2016 William D. Hatfield Award from the Central About 1 mgd of effluent is reused for pump and plant maintenance and
States Water Environment Association (CSWEA); she was named Operator for watering nearby golf courses. The waste activated and primary sludges
of the Year by the Illinois Association of Water Pollution Control Operators are anaerobically digested. The resulting Class B biosolids are processed

I have a lot of young staff. We hire people
Sue Baert, with no certification, and the more experienced
Wheaton (Illinois)
employees train them.
Sanitary District SUE BAERT
POSITION: |Plant superintendent
EXPERIENCE: | 27 years
|
EDUCATION: Bachelors degree, biology,
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
|
AWARDS: 2016 William D. Hatfield Award,
Central States WEA; 2014 Operator
of the Year, Illinois Association
of Water Pollution Control Operators
CERTIFICATION: | Class I Wastewater Operator
GOAL: | Attain a higher management position
|
GPS COORDINATES: Latitude 415038.46N;
Longitude: 88844.51W
RIGHT: The Wheaton districts activated sludge plant

(8.9 mgd design flow) serves about 63,000 customers.
BELOW: Sue Baert is a mentor to team members like
operator Angelo Mistretta.

through centrifuges (Alfa Laval), stored on site and removed quarterly by intermediate pumps (Lakeside Equipment) to convey flow seamlessly to the
contractor Stewart Spreading for application on farms. activated sludge process. LED lights (LED Rite) were installed throughout
the plant, the aeration system was upgraded, and two backup diesel genera-
SMOOTH OPERATION tors (500 kw Caterpillar and 350 kw Cummins) were added.
The plant has been upgraded several times to meet environmental and A staff of 24 keeps things running smoothly; 15 report to Baert, who man-
water-quality standards. The most recent upgrade, in 2010, included new ages operations, maintenance, and the lab. She also handles written and oral
reports to the board of trustees, operational reports for process control, and
U.S. EPA and Illinois EPA (IEPA) reporting. She ensures permit compliance
and plant security and is the point person for keeping the district current
LEISURE TIME with emerging technologies and best management practices.
Plant staff members are a mix of longtimers and recent hires. I have a
When Sue Baert goes on vacation, its a real one with no TV lot of young staff, Baert says. We hire people with no certification, and the
and limited cellphone access. Every year, we go to the Upper more experienced employees train them. A detailed document tells new
Peninsula of Michigan at a lake resort, says Baert. The whole hires what they need to know. Once they are comfortable with the proce-
family goes Dan, my husband of 27 years; my 17-year-old dures, they and their trainer sign off on it. New employees also use the Cal-
daughter; and my 20-, 21- and 23-year-old sons. We do a lot of ifornia State University, Sacramento books and other study guides; they take
swimming, boating, and various yard games during the day, and classes at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Environmental
play board and card games in the evenings or if it rains. Her Resources Training Center.
Weve had five retirements in the last six years and could have another
husbands family has been vacationing at the resort for more
five in the next five years, Baert says. So, we give tours and hire summer
than 70 years.
interns in the hopes that we will attract new staff as people retire.
Baert also enjoys movies, books and playing the dice game
Bunco. Once a month, I play bunco with seven ladies in their RESILIENT TEAM
70s, 80s and 90s. It keeps me connected with the community The operations staff covers the plant around the clock. An operator is at
because they know whos in town and whats going on. the plant from 6 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and night watch is on duty in the remain-
She also volunteers at her church, counting the collections
and cleaning. She admits to an obsession with the sudoku puzzle
game and enjoys an occasional crossword puzzle. It relaxes me,
and I feel that Im giving my brain some good exercise.
Sue Baert with her team in Wheaton. Front row, from left, Charles Black and Jon Rusch, operations; Dan Rogers, information technology; Zach Billings and Bob
Vogel, maintenance; Baert; Danette Stout, lab manager; and Shelley Jenks, lab tech. Back row, Rick Romani, maintenance; Exectuvie Director Steve Maney;
Angelo Mistretta, operations; Jason Ackmann, maintenance; Svetlana Denisov, accountant specialist; Maintenance Supervisor Dave Bullard; Michele Salemi,
billing specialist; and Administrative Services Director Diana Soltess. (continued)

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Maintenance manager Dave Bullard and team members Rick Romani, Baert spends about six hours a month working with the boards of both
Robert Vogel, Jason Ackmann and Zach Billings organizations to determine meeting agendas, budgets, and watershed reme-
Lab manager Danette Stout and technician Shelley Jenks diation projects, and to stay current with U.S. EPA and IEPA regulations.
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specialist; Scott Bobek, financial specialist; and Dan Rogers, IT. Baert is excited about upcoming plant upgrades. Were currently work-
ing on plans to replace the sand filters with disc filters and convert from
PEOPLE FIRST sodium hypochlorite to UV, she says. The disc filters will improve treat-
The team has weathered some serious storms. In April 2013, Wheaton ment capacity and reduce solids, fecal coliform and phosphorus loadings.
was declared a federal natural disaster area from excessive rain. Baert recalls, She would like to stop using chlorine and SO2 and thus reduce chemical
byproducts entering the creek. The disc filters will be
online by 2019 and the UV system by 2020. This is new

I can work well with difficult people. I was the youngest of technology for us, and learning the ins and outs should
be exciting. Shortly after that, we will be evaluating bio-
seven kids, so Im bolder and more accepting because of that. logical nutrient removal processes.
SUE BAERT She also looks forward to learning more about the
financial side of the business. My boss, Steve Maney,
The area lost power, as everything was underwater. We still have the 4-foot- has me doing more financial work, like state revolving loan applications and
high watermarks left on several of our buildings as a reminder. We rented preparing the plants budget-setting rates and loan funding.
generators to run the plant and within four hours had everything up and Baert would welcome the challenge if a higher management position were
running again. to become available. In the meantime, she is content to mother her staff:
Baert takes pride in delivering good-quality effluent and is especially I consider them to be like family. One of my staff is retiring soon. He told
proud of one project: The district asked me to write a Quality Assurance me, Ill return if you need help, because youve had my back all these years,
Project Plan (QAPP) for stream sampling. This sampling was to be conducted and Ive got yours.
upstream and several locations downstream, and included continuous dis-

Booth 4231

TECHNOLOGY
DEEP DIVE
2
1. The first full-scale municipal Nereda aerobic granular
sludge technology was installed in Epe, Netherlands.
The technology is contained in the circular tanks.
2. A comparison shows the rapid settling of aerobic
granular sludge (left) versus conventional activated
sludge. Settling time in this example was five minutes.
3. A simple schematic of the Nereda process.
Defying the Conventional

AN INNOVATIVE SECONDARY TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY USES AEROBIC GRANULAR BIOMASS
FOR EFFECTIVE NUTRIENT REMOVAL IN A COMPACT FOOTPRINT WITH LOW ENERGY CONSUMPTION
By Ted J. Rulseh
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ompanies continue to develop new approaches to basic wastewater granule is a miniature treatment plant. The granules are created automati-
treatment processes, always in search of more effective pollutant and cally by the conditions created in the AquaNereda reactor.
nutrient removal with lower costs for energy and other inputs as well
as in smaller packages. : Is this process preceded by primary treatment?
Among the latest offerings is the AquaNereda Aerobic Granular Sludge Bates: It doesnt have to be, but it can be similar to conventional
technology, which in commercial application in Europe is under the name activated sludge. We have some applications that follow primary treatment,
Nereda. Aqua-Aerobic Systems is the exclusive provider of Nereda technol- but most plants thus far are fed with raw influent. The process stream has
ogy developed by Royal HaskoningDHV in the U.S. grit removal and screening, just as it would in a conventional system. Some-
The technology consists of a three-phase batch process completed in a times, depending on the plant design, we need a buffer tank.
single tank. Durable granules composed entirely of biomass do the work of

treatment, performing simultaneous nitrification and denitrification for
nitrogen removal while also biologically removing phosphorus to low levels Within each granule, you have aerobic, anoxic
without chemical addition. It accomplishes this without mechanical mixing
and with closely controlled introduction of air. and anaerobic zones. Basically, each granule
Brian Bates, product channel manager for the AquaNereda process, talked
about the technology in an interview with Treatment Plant Operator. is a miniature treatment plant.
BRIAN BATES
: Is this an alternative to conventional activated sludge?
Bates: Yes. The microbiology is very similar to that found in an acti- : After the preliminary steps, how does the process begin?
vated sludge system. However, the biology is primarily found in granules. Bates: Everything is done in one tank. The first step is a simultaneous
Rather than relying on a flocculated sludge, which is a loosely mixed micro- fill from the bottom of the tank and a draw from the top. The raw wastewa-
bial community, the granules are layered microbial communities. Within ter is a rich carbon source, and at the granules there is a high food-to-mass
each granule, you have aerobic, anoxic and anaerobic zones. Basically, each ratio. Phosphorus release occurs because of the anaerobic conditions there,

and the clean effluent is displaced up through the top. No air is introduced
in this step; the granules remain settled at the tank bottom.
: What happens after this step?

Bates: The process moves to the react phase. The influent flow is shut
off. Air is then added intermittently through fine-bubble diffusers, controlled
based on dissolved oxygen, ammonia concentration, or both. Simultaneous
nitrification and denitrification occur because of the different discrete zones
within the granules.
: At this point, are the granules held in suspension?

Bates: Yes. However, the level of mixing varies throughout the cycle.
Sometimes, we achieve a complete mix of the granules, but this is not nec-
essary throughout the entire reaction phase. The aim is to move the bulk
liquid around the granules.
: What happens after the react phase?

Bates: The process advances to the settle phase. The granules separate
from the treated water. Rapid settling allows more time to be spent in the
react phase, and that enables the use of small reactor volumes while achiev-
ing ultralow enhanced biological nutrient removal. During the settle phase,
a small amount of sludge is wasted out of the system. After that, the process
reverts to the first step.
: What effluent conditions can this system produce?

Bates: We typically guarantee 10 mg/L for BOD and TSS. We can
achieve as low as 3 mg/L total nitrogen and less than 1 mg/L total phosphorus
with no chemical addition. With chemical addition, we can get phosphorus
down to approximately 0.5 mg/L, and with tertiary filtration, we can go lower.
: Is this process typically followed by tertiary filtration?

Bates: Not necessarily. The need for filters is based on the effluent
requirements. If effluent TSS of less than 10 mg/L is needed, a filter would
be required.
: What is the nature of the granules used in this process?

Bates: The granules in aerobic granular sludge are truly a biomass
there is no carrier in them. Everything is formed by the biology we select
to create extracellular polymeric substances. These EPSs act as the glue, Booth 4819
creating extremely robust granules that can handle many adverse conditions
in the system. There has never been a case of de-granulation in an operat-
ing facility.
: What specific advantages does this process have over conven-

tional activated sludge?
Bates: It has a 75 percent smaller footprint compared to a five-stage bio-
logical nutrient removal process. It roughly doubles the mixed liquor suspended
solids, to about 8,000 mg/L. Due to the batch nature of the process, you save
on final clarifiers. The energy savings are also significant: energy savings of FREE INFO SEE ADVERTISER INDEX
30 to 50 percent compared to conventional systems have been achieved.
: Can this process be retrofitted to an existing plant? : What is the status of installations of this technology?
Bates: Its great in retrofit applications. We can retrofit to essentially Bates: There are around 40 installations worldwide that are in opera-
any basin geometry. Since all processes occur in a single tank, plants that tion or under construction design with flows ranging from 100,000 gpd to
have secondary clarifiers can have their aeration tanks retrofitted with the over 300 mgd. In the United States, we have many plants under design with
AquaNereda process and their clarifiers can be converted to other purposes, some in the detailed design stage. In addition, Aqua-Aerobic Systems is cur-
such as equalization basins or sludge basins. In the process, the MLSS is rently constructing an AquaNereda plant at the wastewater treatment plant
increased significantly, enabling more flow through the same system while in Rockford, Illinois, that will serve as a site for customers who would like
saving on chemicals and energy. As an added bonus, nutrient removal is typ- to see the technology. Its also for research and development to help deter-
ically improved. mine how far we can push this process and possibly come up with novel ways
to use it.
: Is there a sweet spot in terms of system size?
Bates: We typically look for flows greater than 100,000 gpd. Above that,
the sky is the limit. One plant in Ireland has a maximum flow of 314 mgd.

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Bright Technologies, Specialty Div. of Sebright Products, Inc.

127 N Water St., Hopkins, MI 49328
800-253-0532 269-793-7183 Fax: 269-793-4022 X
julie@brightbeltpress.com www.brightbeltpress.com
See ad page 78 WEFTEC Booth 514
Environetics, Inc.
1201 Commerce St., Lockport, IL 60451
815-838-8331 Fax: 815-838-8336 X X
info@environeticsinc.com www.environeticsinc.com
WEFTEC Booth 1907
Ford Hall Company, Inc.

PO Box 2110, Richmond, KY 40476
859-624-1077 Fax: 859-624-3320
jlowery@fordhall.com www.fordhall.com
Geomembrane Technologies, Inc. (GTI)

370 Wilsey Rd., Fredericton, NB E3B 6E9
855-484-4630 506-452-7304 Fax: 506-452-6625 X
covers@gticovers.com www.gticovers.com
WEFTEC Booth 2141
JDV Equipment Corporation

1 Princeton Ave., Dover, NJ 07801
973-366-6556 X X
See ad page 66 sales@jdvequipment.com www.jdvequipment.com
WEFTEC Booth 3840
Lakeside Equipment Corporation

1022 E Devon Ave., Bartlett, IL 60103
630-837-5640 Fax: 630-837-5647 X
sales@lakeside-equipment.com www.lakeside-equipment.com
NEFCO Systems, Inc.

8895 N Military Trail, Ste. 100C, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
561-775-9303 Fax: 561-775-6043 X X X X X
sales@nefco.us www.nefco.us
Neptune Chemical Pump Company

295 DeKalb Pike, North Wales, PA 19454
215-699-8700 Fax: 215-699-0370
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WEFTEC Booth 4423
Park Process
7015 Fairbanks N Houston, Houston, TX 77040
855-511-7275 713-937-7602
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Peabody Engineering & Supply, Inc.

13435 Estelle St., Corona, CA 92879
800-473-2263 951-734-7711 Fax: 951-734-4111
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800-772-9247 716-879-4077 Fax: 716-879-2040 X
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Red Valve Co. / Tideflex Technologies

600 N Bell Ave., Carnegie, PA 15106
412-279-0044 Fax: 412-279-7878
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Renda Environmental, Inc.

2501 Greenbelt Rd., Fort Worth, TX 76118
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Rhino Linings Corporation

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Rodney Hunt Company

46 Mill St., Orange, MA 01364
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Shand & Jurs

5911 Butterfield Rd., Hillside, IL 60162
708-236-6000 Fax: 708-236-6006 X
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Smith & Loveless, Inc.

14040 Santa Fe Trail Dr., Lenexa, KS 66215
800-898-9122 913-888-5201 X X X
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Sulzer Pumps Solutions Inc.

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888-249-2467 360-249-4042 Fax: 360-249-4042 X
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Walker Process Equipment, A Div. of McNish Corp.

840 N Russell Ave., Aurora, IL 60506
630-892-7921 Fax: 630-892-7951 X X X X X
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Treatment Tanks
Oxygen & Carbon
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IN MY WORDS
Where Science and Operations Meet

WASTEWATER TREATMENT THAT USES ANAMMOX BACTERIA IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW LAB EXPERIMENTATION
AND REAL-WORLD TRIAL AND ERROR CAN WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE PROGRESS
By Ted J. Rulseh
PHOTO BY STEPHANIE PRECOURT, UW-MADISON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

ne fascinating thing about wastewater treatment is that while plants
are filled with big tanks, motors, pumps, mixers, blowers and valves,
the real work gets done at the microscopic level by the bacteria
that consume the waste.
In recent years, a new family of microorganisms has come into focus:
anammox bacteria, which can turn ammonium into nitrogen gas anaerobi-
cally. The obvious advantage over conventional treatment is that anammox
bacteria require far less aeration and thus far less energy to remove nitrogen
from the wastewater.
So theoretically, thats great. The question is how to make the anammox
bacteria function most efficiently in the real-world treatment plant environ-
ment. It turns out that they grow slowly, and their effectiveness requires close
control over oxygen and temperature. This is where science comes in. Research-
ers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are studying how anammox bac-
teria interact with conventional nitrifying bacteria in the wastewater treatment
ecosystem. Its a project thats funded in part by the National Science Foun-
dation, the UW-Madison Microbiome Initiative, and a training fellowship Civil and environmental engineering professors Daniel Noguera and
from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Trina McMahon study how anammox bacteria may improve conventional
wastewater treatment methods.
The research may provide clues to unlocking the full potential of the
anammox organisms, first discovered in the 1990s. Then comes the work of
deploying and testing the anammox-based processes in the field, and thats TPO: What is it that makes anammox bacteria so intriguing?
the province of operators. Supervising the UW-Madison research are Kath- McMahon: Plant operators know about nitrification the conversion
erine Trina McMahon and Daniel Noguera, professors of civil and envi- of ammonia into nitrate. Thats critical in wastewater treatment, and the
ronmental engineering. Executing the day-to-day work is Christopher Lawson, organisms that are really important for that in most systems are traditional
a graduate student in civil and environmental engineering. McMahon talked nitrifiers, which are aerobic. Oxygen is a huge part of BOD removal; esti-
about the research in an interview with Treatment Plant Operator. mates are that aeration accounts for about 50 percent of the energy use at
many activated sludge treatment plants. The benefit of anammox bacteria is
TPO: How is your research

team connected to the wastewater
treatment industry? The benefit of anammox bacteria is that they can take ammonia and
McMahon: I studied waste-
oxidize it to nitrogen gas using nitrite, and do it without oxygen. That
water treatment as a Ph.D. student
before I came here 14 years ago. I means youre able to get more conversion of ammonia to harmless nitrogen
focused on phosphorus cycling in
wastewater. I am really interested gas with less aeration, so you save money.
in how microorganisms interact TRINA McMAHON
and how those interactions lead to
positive things for humans, like treating wastewater and keeping lakes that they can take ammonia and oxidize it to nitrogen gas using nitrite, and
clean. Noguera has studied nitrogen cycling for almost all of the 20 years he do it without oxygen. That means youre able to get more conversion of ammo-
has been here, and Ive collaborated with him on this work for the past five nia to harmless nitrogen gas with less aeration, so you save money.
years. Lawson did his undergraduate and masters degrees in civil and envi-
ronmental engineering at the University of British Columbia. For his mas- TPO: In working with the anammox bacteria, why is it important to
ters thesis he worked on phosphorus removal, but he got hooked on understand the interactions they have with other organisms?
microbiology and the principles of interactions between types of bacteria. McMahon: Anammox organisms are autotrophs, which means they
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Hyundai has very conservative engineering and design philosophies, they do not accept
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The Nominal Approach: NEMA or other specifications may require that a motor have
a max temperature rise of 80C at the rated load. The Nominal Approach allows that
the average of the entire lot not exceed 80C, meaning that some motors may exceed
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Summary - The Hyundai Approach: Hyundai requires that every single motor produced
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Remember the old adage, for every 10C cooler electrical products run, the life expectancy
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Summary - Hyundai motors run cooler and provide a larger buffer of protection for the
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NEMA requires a finished motor to have a vibration level that does not exceed
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take carbon dioxide in order to make their cells, like plants do. Its a very TPO: Are there challenges to culturing and growing the anammox
difficult way to make a living. Its easier to take organic matter, such as the bacteria?
carbon compounds that are in the wastewater, in order to grow. And so Law- McMahon: Yes, and that is one of the barriers to wider adoption. The
son was interested in interactions between the anammox and heterotrophic companies that install anammox systems have to provide the biomass because
bacteria, the ones that use the organic carbon thats already there. He had you cant just enrich for anammox bacteria from regular activated sludge.
ideas about how these heterotrophs could be providing the anammox bacte- You have to get a pretty dense culture of the organisms and use them to inoc-
ria with important molecules that allow them to grow more efficiently or in ulate and jump-start the system. There are only a few of those cultures in
a more stable way. the world.
Many researchers are so laser-focused on the anammox bacteria that they I see a lot of opportunity for someone who is entrepreneurial to go out
neglect the principle of ecology that says organisms never live in isolation and find other cultures of these organisms from the environment and enrich
and always depend on other organisms. If you respect that and use it as a them. It could be that if we found slightly different versions of the organ-
principle to design a system in a way that leverages those interactions, then isms, they might be more robust and have better interactions with the local
you can come up with much better designs for wastewater treatment. What bacteria.
we learn about the interactions can help us better engineer systems that use
anammox bacteria. TPO: What needs to be done to improve anammox processes?
McMahon: I believe having more innovative designs of the reactors
TPO: What is the challenge around making the use of anammox bac- they grow in, the recirculation systems, and the process controls could get
teria more widespread? them to perform even better. Production of nitrous oxide is something peo-
McMahon: On paper, these organisms look like magic. They do this ple need to focus on. Nitrous oxide is a very potent greenhouse gas and is
job for us that we used to have to
coax the traditional nitrifiers into

doing, but they do it with less oxy-
gen. However, we havent figured out
We have activated sludge plants that are not going away anytime soon,
the best way to grow the anammox and modifying them to include anammox for the whole stream is not
organisms in a wastewater treatment
plant in a stable way and in a way easy. The key is finding creative ways to modify existing infrastructure.
that integrates into existing plant
infrastructure.
Often that involves sidestream treatment.
TRINA McMAHON
TPO: How are anammox bac-
teria being applied today in actual plant operations? something nitrogen-cycling bacteria produce when theyre not working 100
McMahon: We have activated sludge plants that are not going away percent efficiently. You have to get them really humming to avoid produc-
anytime soon, and modifying them to include anammox for the whole stream tion of that gas. Thats another research opportunity. If we can get the sys-
is not easy. The key is finding creative ways to modify existing infrastruc- tem to be more stable and operate exactly how we want it to operate, we can
ture. Often that involves sidestream treatment. Someday, if we get a whole avoid nitrous oxide production.
lot of money to rebuild our wastewater treatment infrastructure, then maybe
we can imagine designing an anammox system from scratch. But right now, TPO: What research approaches are being used to help make prog-
it seems the major focus is on sidestreams. ress toward more widespread uses of anammox organisms?
With sidestreams, youre able to get more nitrification in systems that McMahon: The research and practitioner communities are going to
you can control independently from the main activated sludge treatment come at it from different angles. There will be people doing more empirical
train. A sidestream gives more bang for the buck in terms of the ability to work Im going to try a new reactor configuration and see if that helps.
control it. A lot of research still needs to be done to make it as easy as it should Then people like Lawson will say, Im going to understand the biology of
be to justify any treatment plant installing these kinds of systems. the organisms, and thats going to tell me what kind of reactor to design.
Both of those approaches are valuable, and the history of wastewater
TPO: What is an example of a sidestream that can be treated with treatment research is all about that: trying the empirical, practical approach,
anammox organisms? but also the basic science. Somewhere along the way they meet, and we get
McMahon: There is a great deal of ammonia in digestate from anaer- great advances in how we treat wastewater.
obic digesters, and thats where a lot of people have focused their early work.
Anammox treatment greatly reduces the ammonia load at the headworks;
its ammonia that has gone through the full process already. Its kind of a
futile cycle in that during aeration the organisms turn some of the nitrogen
into proteins that end up in the digester and turn back into ammonia, which
then has to be converted back again into proteins. If you divert that ammo-
nia from the digester to a sidestream where you can turn it into nitrogen gas
using less oxygen, youre greatly reducing the total oxygen load on the plant.
TPO: From the operators perspective, is there some resistance to or

hesitancy about treatment processes using anammox bacteria?
McMahon: I think there is still a perception that theyre fussy and
tricky to work with. Researchers need to come up with strategies to make the
systems less fussy. Lawson is working on exactly that. If you can engineer
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T
he goal in building a fence around the City of Saginaw Water Treat- The initial fencing project was done by our water treatment plant
ment Plant was not only to improve security, but also to preserve the staff, says Reinsch. It was a chain-link fence installed to secure our chem-
iconic buildings architectural beauty. ical delivery area in the back of the plant. The area has limited visibility
I believe we were not only successful, but actually improved the look of and really did not affect the overall appearance of the plant.
the facility with the fence, says Paul Reinsch, superintendent of water treat-
ment and field operations for Saginaw, located in east-central Michigan. ATTRACTIVE INSIDE
The city is proud of its historic buildings. Because federal funds were
PHASED CONSTRUCTION used for the fencing, the Michigan State Historical Preservation Office had
The 52 mgd plant stands in a historic district called The Grove that is to review the project. An architec-

near the heavily used Frank N. Andersen Celebration Park. Both destina- tural dig confirmed that Native
tions provide an open view to the Gothic-style building, which was con- I believe we were American mounds at the site were
structed in 1929 and is a source of community pride. The solution was to nonburial locations and contained
install a classic knee-wall design, picket-style fence with decorative col- not only successful, no artifacts.
umns and top caps. The brick knee-wall and columns are accented with a Attractiveness is not limited to
but actually improved
precast concrete coping feature that matches the buildings design. The the exterior of the treatment plant.
steel picket fence portion is painted black. the look of the facility Inside, modern equipment and
The fence was built in phases. The knee-wall portion, which protects plant operators function amid high
the massive front of the building, was completed in 2009 with funding with the fence. ceilings, balconies, pointed arches
through a Department of Homeland Security grant. A grant and part of a PAUL REINSCH and the openness of long corridors
previously approved bond issue funded the second phase. Completed two with pillars. Several oil and acrylic
years later, the fence encloses nearly the entire 21-acre plant property. paintings by noted artists dominate high arches of the foyer in the plants
Tetra Tech did the engineering and architectural design. J.R. Heineman central tower of the plant.
& Sons was the first-phase general contractor, and the masonry was done by A painting entitled The Treaty was donated by artist William John Von
McMath Masonry. The second-phase general contractor was J. R. Electric, Schipmann to commemorate the 157th anniversary of the signing of a treaty
and Pumford Construction did the masonry. Future Fence Co. installed the with Native American tribes in 1819 at Saginaw. Von Schipmann also donated
metal fence. The Lodge, representing the poem Evangeline in which Henry Wadsworth
(continued)
The plant grand entrance is shown before the decorative
fence was installed.
landscape trees are decorated with wreaths and colored

The project included a classic knee-wall picket-style fence.
lights. A traditional public lighting ceremony in late
November marks the start of the Christmas season.
Longfellow immortalized the Saginaw River. Another painting titled The Reinsch says the main driver of the fence project
Approach of Winter is the work of Saginaw artist Harker W. Jackson, who was a vulnerability assessment done in compliance with the 2002 Bioterror-
was inspired by watching construction of the plant in the late 1920s. ism Act. Many citizens were concerned that a fence would obstruct and
destroy the plants beauty, but in fact it is functional and beautiful. I am pleased
HOLIDAY FEATURE that the fence was done so as not to detract from the appearance of the
Although there are many notable buildings and architectural landmarks plant, says Reinsch. The fencing looks like it is original to the facility.
in Saginaw, Reinsch has heard people refer to the water plant as the jewel
of the city. That civic pride is on display each winter when the plant and its
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are designed for applications such as storm- sion and contraction of concrete while providing protection to riv-
water and primary and secondary clarifica- ets, bolts, edges and other surface imperfections. Geotextile fabric
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UTILITY CRAWLER or the entire interior corrosion layer of an FRP vessel to add service
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Sliding-frame silos help plant Mixing system helps eliminate

produce more fertilizer temperature stratification
Problem Problem
The Ocean County (New Jersey) Utilities Authority in New Jersey pro- The city of Reading, Pennsylvania, sought to refurbish its 16-million-
duces OCEANGRO fertilizer with biosolids from the central treatment gallon drinking water tank that had been experiencing temperature strati-
plant for sale to the community. Leadership looked to increase production fication, unequal chlorine distribution and significant chlorine loss.
to meet demand by also using biosolids from the north treatment plant.
Challenges included getting the biosolids into the trucks at the north plant, Solution
unloading at the central plant, and blending the two biosolids streams. The utility installed a Pulsed Hydraulics PHi NSF-compliant large
bubble mixing system. Sixteen 8-inch-diameter stainless steel forming
Solution plates on the floor of the 220-foot-
Schwing Bioset manufactured a diameter tank mix the entire contents,
custom-designed storage silo with a bottom to top. Large bubble-form-
sliding-frame feeder at the north plant to ing pulses of compressed air are con-
load trucks. It stores the biosolids and rap- trolled by two PHi 500 four-valve
idly feeds it into the trucks. At the central mixing controllers that have an
plant, two sliding-frame silos receive bio- environmental enclosure housing all
solids from the north plant. The silos have components. Two 15 hp compressors
covers to contain odors, and each can with receiver tanks supply high-
accommodate a 25-ton truckload of cake. pressure air.
The silos provide ample capacity, allowing
operators at the central plant to meter the RESULT
feeds from both plants. The mixing system is connected to the plants SCADA system to allow
remote monitoring and control. It has eliminated the temperature stratifi-
RESULT cation and chlorine distribution issues. 800/641-1726; www.phiwater.com
The silos enabled processing of the biosolids from the north plant
at the rate needed to keep production running smoothly at the central
plant, increasing the amount of biosolids beneficially reused as
OCEANGRO fertilizer. 715/247-3433; www.schwingbioset.com
Facility uses fabric structures to keep biosolids dry
Problem
The Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District in Illinois had
Cover system keeps odors from affecting been storing treated and dried biosolids outside; the material got wet from
home development rain or snow, causing odors and raising hauling costs.
Problem Solution
A home development in North Carolina close to a wastewater treatment The facility purchased
plant raised concern about odors. Plant management wanted to cover the two 65- by 70-foot Hercules
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Solution tures. They have high clear-
Geomembrane Technol- ances and spacious interiors
ogies designed, fabricated and without support posts. The
supplied a structurally supported frames are constructed from
cover, designed with truncated triple-galvanized structural
arches to accommodate the tanks steel designed to hold up in
unique shape, ensuring a perfect fit. corrosive environments.
RESULT RESULT
The cover keeps odors from wafting into the neighborhood. It also The structures have been effective, and the utility was happy with
helps simplify operations, as it can be easily rolled open when needed the construction timeline. Both structures are keeping biosolids dry;
to access the chamber for maintenance and cleaning. 855/484-4630; the utility may find more uses for similar buildings. 866/643-1010;
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1. BADGER METER BLANCETT B3100 SERIES 4. SCHWEITZER ENGINEERING LABORATORIES

FLOW MONITOR PUMP AUTOMATION CONTROLLER
The Blancett B3100 Series flow monitor from Badger Meter is a flex- The SEL-2411P Pump Automation Controller from Schweitzer
ible, durable and easy-to-use digital signal-processing platform for flow Engineering Laboratories is a preconfigured, SCADA-ready device
metering applications. It is explosion-proof for harsh surroundings and built for unforgiving water and wastewater environments. Terminal
has a rugged 1-inch thread for mounting. The large, backlit LED dis- labeling makes installation easy. The controller provides secure, user-
play provides a seven-digit flow rate/total and an 11-digit accumulated accessible programming to facilitate system upgrades and to expand
total. Each log contains flow rate, flow total, accumulated total, log num- functionality. It can monitor and control liquid levels for simplex,
ber, and time and date stamp. Remote data access and programming are duplex or triplex applications in lift stations or wells and reservoirs. It
available without opening the enclosure and the log data can be down- can also control constant-speed, variable-speed and alternating pumps
loaded as a .csv file. 800/876-3837; www.badgermeter.com and is compatible with analog level sensors, floats, or a combination of
both. 509/336-2527; www.selinc.com/p258
2. HAYWARD FLOW CONTROL TBH SERIES BALL VALVE
The Hayward TBH Series True Union Ball Valve with System2 5. PARKSON CORP. AQUA CAIMAN
Sealing Technology delivers extended lifetime performance versus con- ARTICULATING RAKE SCREEN
ventional valves. The System2 technology incorporates a floating seat The Aqua Caiman articulating rake screen from Parkson Corp. has
design, utilizing the valves upstream seat as a backup to the down- a flexible belt assembly that handles large solids with ease and elimi-
stream seat while enhancing the sealing of the downstream seat. nates the need for bottom bearings. Teardrop-shaped bars are designed
888/429-4635; www.haywardflowcontrol.com for low headloss. Full rake engagement is achieved with True-Engage
bar fastening design and the True-Track chain positioner allows for rake
3. KROHNE LIQUID AND SOLID LEVEL engagement adjustment without a hoist. The rake screen is designed to
MEASUREMENT PRODUCTS fit various applications for plants seeking low maintenance screening.
The new generation of liquid and solid level measurement products 888/727-5766; www.parkson.com
from KROHNE include both 24 and 80 GHz versions, increasing the
accuracy and range of measurement on the devices. Antennas for each 6. FCI - FLUID COMPONENTS INTERNATIONAL
model are designed to meet application-specific installations, and a ret- FLT93 FLOW SWITCH SERIES
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A valve and flowmeter in one
By Craig Mandli
In most wastewater treatment plants, space is at a premium. Equip- nothing to wear or break,
ment that can perform multiple duties is valuable. With that idea in mind, and is generally
Singer and McCrometer have teamed up to provide a solution for in-valve immune to clogging.
flow measurement the SPI-MV single-point-insertion electromag- It is also available
netic flowmeter. in a battery-oper-
Using McCrometers single-insertion meter technology along with the ated model that
reliability of a Singer valve, it allows users to have both a flowmeter solu- measures accu-
tion along with the functionality of a control valve. rate f low rate
Having these two components joined as one means you now only when power is not
require three pipe diameters upstream of your SPI-MV package, and there available. That ver-
is no required downstream straight lengths, says Ryan Spooner, instru- sion can run inde-
mentation and automation manager for Singer. This significantly reduces p e n d e nt l y o f a n
the amount of vault size you need for confined space installation, which external power source
saves money on construction costs. for three to five years, and
SPI-MV flowmeter
The unit is designed to provide an accurate flow rate that can be uti- a small solar panel can be
from Singer
lized with the metering valve built into a pilot system to provide complete added to extend the lifetime to 10
flow-based valve control. The compact insertion design fits in confined to 15 years. It can also be paired with an
spaces and offers complete accessibility. It can be removed for easy inspec- external AC or DC power source so the battery becomes a backup for
tion and cleaning. power outages.
The ideal application is anywhere a control valve is needed along with There was already a great reputation established for the product by
the need to measure flow, says Spooner. This could be for flow data mon- McCrometer, but now having it offered with the Singer valve as a pack-
itoring or for the use of flow control. As it fits into most common Singer- age gives it even more advantages, says Spooner. Combined with the
offered control valves, it can be an add-on for just about any application. automation control panel, the control package has become a standard for
It is available for valve sizes from 3 to 36 inches. The flow sensor comes many users to control their system. 888/764-7858; www.singervalve.com
precalibrated, with no moving parts and a single-piece design, it contains
injection pumps and feeders continue to operate. It is suitable for flow can accommodate differential settlement and seismic movement in
detection of liquids and gases, and is available in several wetted materi- large-diameter piping systems and is comprised of Victaulics AGS
als for compatibility with almost any fluid. Dual 6A relay outputs are Flexible Coupling Style W77. The couplings are self-aligning and pro-
standard and are assignable to flow or temperature. It can be specified vide a visual confirmation of proper assembly from the metal-to-metal
in either insertion or inline styles for installation in pipe or tube diam- bold pad contact. The joint is available in 14- to 78-inch DN350 to
eters .25 of an inch or larger. 800/854-1993; www.fluidcomponents.com DN1950 sizes and is designed to be direct buried, utilizing epoxy coat-
ing compliant with NSF61 and AWWA C210 as well as stainless steel
7. BIONOMIC INDUSTRIES SERIES 6500 hardware. 610/559-3300; www.victaulic.com
JET EJECTOR VENTURI SCRUBBER
The Bionomic Industries Series 6500 Jet Ejector Venturi Scrubber OR-TEC GEMINI SERIES BELT PRESS
offers a multispray zone staging configuration that gives about a 50 per- The 7.2-foot-wide Gemini Series Belt Press from OR-TEC is the
cent boost in collection efficiency performance. It features a simple, largest made by the company and is ideal for the medium- to large-size
rugged design that utilizes a high-velocity spray and scrubbing liquid wastewater treatment plant. The double-belt system is constructed of
flow to achieve simultaneous removal of gaseous contaminants and par- stainless steel and combines a gravity drainage zone, a squeezing zone,
ticulate down to .75 micron size. The high scrubbing liquid-to-gas ratio and high-pressure shear zone to provide a large dry solids throughput of
design rapidly reduces the temperature of high exothermic reactive up to 1,500 pounds per hour. The unit has a large flocculation tank with
gases. It creates its own draft to eliminate the need for a fan in most a variable-speed mixer, which allows the biosolids and polymer solution
cases, and gas capacity sizes from 5 through 60,000 acfm are standard. to be thoroughly mixed. A single control panel is used, and the system
800/311-6767; www. bionomicind.com also features electric actuation, so no hydraulics or pneumatics are
needed. 216/475-5225; www.or-tec.com
8. VICTAULIC STYLE W257 DYNAMIC MOVEMENT JOINT
The Style W257 dynamic movement joint from Victaulic is preas-
sembled and reduces installation complexity to threaded rod installa-
tions of the AWWA M11 harness and C219 bolted sleeve-type joints. It (continued)

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Providing multiparameter control
Capital Controls
MicroChem3 from
By Craig Mandli De Nora Water
Technologies
You need to keep accurate tabs on the chemical elements added in
the water and wastewater treatment process. As regulations and limits
are adjusted on a constant basis, the ability to adjust on the fly is para-
mount. The Capital Controls MicroChem3 from De Nora Water Tech-
nologies is designed to do just that.
The multiparameter water analysis system offers both measurement
and control of chlorine-based compounds and other critical elements in
one instrument that can be specifically tailored to individual applica-
tions. According to Ray Mahoney, a product engineer for De Nora, the
unit is a fit anywhere that chlorine needs to be measured and controlled
for water disinfection.
The system is used to measure and/or control the primary chlorina-
tion system in a municipal water treatment plant as well as monitor con- This unit is the result of direct market feedback, particularly from
ditions in the distribution system, he says. In municipal wastewater customers who wanted an instrument that would be easy and very user-
applications, it monitors or controls disinfection portions of the treat- friendly for operators, says Mahoney. Customer feedback also indicated
ment process. It is also a solution for measurement and control in non- the need for a modular system with true customization to measure and
municipal process water systems, including applications like pulp and control chlorine levels. And they wanted to be able to choose from mul-
paper plants, and food and beverage operations. tiple parameters.
Features include a color touch-screen display, menu-driven software Additional channels are easily added and field sensors can be changed
for setup and operation, and a USB interface for software updates and to achieve new measurements, making it very versatile and customizable.
data log downloads. It was specifically designed to ease and improve the Customer feedback has indicated that the MicroChem3 is easy to set up
user experience, starting with the simplicity of one single solution for and use, and that using the instrument as either a controller or an ana-
chlorine management that functions as both analyzer and controller. It lyzer with multiple parameters that can be selected and changed is ideal.
can be used in conjunction with De Noras range of wet ends to measure We feel that makes this a very comprehensive system that will
and control any combination of chlorine, chlorine dioxide, pH, ORP, con- transition customers into future needs, says Mahoney. 215/997-4000;
ductivity and 4-20mA flow. www.denora.com
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worth noting events
people/awards Sept. 30-Oct. 4
Water Environment Federation WEFTEC, McCormick Place,
Chicago. Visit www.weftec.org.
The Carnation Wastewater Treatment Plant operated by King County
(Washington) earned a Platinum Peak Performance Award from the National Oct. 4-6
WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition, South Point
Association of Clean Water Agencies, for five consecutive years compliance
Hotel and Conference Center, Las Vegas. Visit www.watersmart
with environmental permits. innovations.com.
Joe Kelley received an award for 25 years outstanding service with the Oct. 10-12
city of La Junta, Colorado. Kelley recently retired but still does consulting. Iowa Section AWWA Annual Conference, Mid-America Center,
Council Bluffs. Visit www.awwa-ia.org.
The town of Sandwich, Massachusetts, received a $34,500 state grant
Oct. 11-13
to evaluate how the town communicates with its residents and how to use Intermountain Section AWWA Annual Conference, Sun Valley
those communication tools to inform taxpayers about big upcoming capital Resort, Sun Valley, Idaho. Visit www.ims-awwa.org.
improvement projects. Specifically, the town hopes to use the grant to raise
awareness among its populace about the need to improve water quality and Oct. 12
develop one or more wastewater treatment systems. Indiana Water Environment Association Collection Systems
Specialty Conference, West Lafayette. Visit www.indianawea.org.
Terry Wright, founder of ClearCove Systems, received the Distinguished
Oct. 15-17
Inventor of the Year award from the Rochester (New York) Intellectual Prop- Alabama-Mississippi Section AWWA Annual Conference, Grand
erty Law Association. Wright pioneered a number of improvements in waste- Hotel Marriott Resort Golf Club and Spa, Point Clear, Alabama. Visit
water treatment, including design of systems that reduce the energy used in www.almsawwa.org.
the process and recapture gas. In addition to municipal applications, his waste-
water treatment systems are being used by food and beverage companies. Oct. 15-17
Southwest Section AWWA Annual Conference, Renaissance City
Convention Center Hotel, Oklahoma City. Visit www.swawwa.org.
Nick Mulick has been hired as the in-house attorney for the Key Largo
(Florida) Wastewater Treatment District. Oct. 15-18
Atlantic Canada Water and Wastewater Association 2017 Annual
The Salida (Colorado) Wastewater Treatment Plant received a Gold Conference, Prince Edward Island Conference Center, Charlottetown.
Safety Award from the AWWA/Rocky Mountain Water Environment Asso- Visit www.acwwa.ca.
ciation Joint Committee of Emergency Preparedness.
Oct. 17-19
North Dakota Section AWWA Annual Conference, Fargo. Visit
Jason Riegel was hired as wastewater superintendent for the city of www.awwand.org.
Hays, Kansas.
Oct. 23-26
Ken Helton of Dalton Utilities was named the District 1 Wastewater California/Nevada Section AWWA Annual Conference, Atlantis
Collection System Operator of the Year by the Georgia Association of Water Resort, Reno. Visit www.ca-nv-awwa.org.
Professionals.
Oct. 24-26
Kentucky Water and Wastewater Operators Association North
The Mill Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant was named Best Oper- Central/Eastern Fall Wastewater Conference, Four Points By Sheraton
ated Water Reclamation Plant of the Year (less than 1 mgd advanced treat- Hotel, Lexington. Visit www.kwwoa.org.
ment) by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals.
Oct. 25-27
The Loopers Wastewater Treatment Plant was named the Best Oper- New England Water Environment Association Northeast Residu-
als and Biosolids Conference, Hilton Hotel, Burlington, Vermont. Visit
ated Water Reclamation Plant of the Year (greater than 10 mgd nondischarg-
www.newea.org.
ing) by the Georgia Association of Water Professionals.
Oct. 30-Nov. 2
Prudential Uniforms, a supplier of work apparel and textile services, Alaska Rural Water Association Annual Training Conference,
received a 2017 Encina Wastewater Authority Gold Award for 100 percent Sheraton Hotel & Spa, Anchorage. Call 907/841-2800 or visit www.
compliance with industrial wastewater regulations. The company also received arwa.org.
a Certificate of Partnership from the U.S. EPA for its use of green power.
Oct. 30-Nov. 2
AWWA Water Infrastructure Conference and Exposition, Westin
The Washington County (Virginia) Board of Supervisors in Virginia Galleria Houston, Texas. Visit www.awwa.org.
appointed Kenneth Nurre to a four-year term on the Washington County
Service Authority Board of Commissioners.
Advanced Water Reclamation Facility won a Platinum Peak Performance
For the 19th consecutive year, the Noman M. Cole Jr. Pollution Con- Award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies for the fourth
trol Plant in Lorton, Virginia, earned a Platinum Peak Performance Award consecutive year.
from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies.
Rachel Chang and Ryan Thorpe, both of Manhasset, New York, won
The Prince William County (Virginia) Service Authoritys H.L. Mooney the Water Environment Federations 2017 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

The students designed a process to detect and purify water contaminated by

bacteria, earning the top prize of $10,000 and an all-expense paid trip to
Stockholm, Sweden, to represent the U.S. at the international competition.
The Illinois American Water Cairo District received the AWWA Wen-
dell R. LaDue Utility Safety Award. The district has been free of safety inci-
dents for 17 years.
The Illinois American Water Granite City Water Treatment Plant

received the Directors Award of Recognition from the Partnership for Safe
Water for maintaining Phase III certification for 15 years.
For the second year, Mount Pleasant Waterworks was named one of the
Best Places to Work in South Carolina in a program created by SC Biz News
with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group.
A new totem pole at Northwest Hospital in Seattle was created to honor

Cindy James, an accountant who was a longtime staff member at Ronald
Wastewater District in Shoreline. James died of cancer in fall 2016 at age 52.
For the second straight year, the Madison water filtration plant received
a 2016 Area Wide Optimization Award from the North Carolina Division of
Water Resources for surpassing federal and state drinking standards.
The Henry County Water Authority Walnut Creek Water Reclamation

Facility was named Plant of the Year by the Georgia Association of Water
Professionals.
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your team, please send notices of new hires, promotions, service milestones, certifi-
cations or achievements as well as event notices to editor@tpomag.com.

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