LIFT: Supporting Water Innovation August 22, 2019 Aaron Fisher- Water Research Foundation Matt Jalbert- Trinity River Authority
Better Good leaders innovation forum for technology WRF/WEF initiative to accelerate innovation in water and help move new water technologies into practice www.waterrf.org/lift
Trinity River Authority of Texas • Conservation and reclamation district • Water and Wastewater treatment, along with recreation and reservoir facilities within the nearly 18,000 square- mile Trinity River Basin • Five wastewater treatment facilities (3 mgd to 162 mgd) • Four water treatment facilities (1.5 mgd to 87 mgd)
TRA’s Watershed and Service Area
TCWSP DCRWS TMCRWS (87 MGD) (11.5 MGD) (24 MGD) CRWS (162 MGD) MCRWS ROCRWS (3.9 MGD) (4.6 MGD)
LRWSS HRWSS Lake Livingston Project Wolf Creek Park TCRWSS
LIFT SEE IT • Madison, Wisconsin – Nine Springs WWTP: Ostara Facility • Fond du Lac, Wisconsin – Gas Conditioning System • Green Bay, Wisconsin – Multiform Harvesting Facility
Madison, Wisconsin – Nine Springs WWTP Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Design Flow = 42 MGD Advanced Secondary Treatment Facility Anaerobic Digestion Permit Limits BOD = 7 mg/L TSS = 10 mg/L P = 1.5 mg/L Expecting P limit to go down to 0.6 mg/L once current permit expires
Ostara Facility Building Ostara Pearl Final Product Ostara Reactor
Fond du Lac Regional Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Facility
H 2 S Removal System (Gas conditioning)
H 2 S Removal System (Gas conditioning)
Green Bay Facility
Future Dewatering at CRWS
Why THP for TRA? • Overall lowest life cycle cost • Minimize volume of biosolids leaving the plant • Minimize digester volume to build • Produce Class A biosolids • Optimize use of existing structures • Leverage potential markets for biosolids in future • Potential for resource recovery
WRF/LIFT PAA Study • Research – Document current state of knowledge and identify knowledge gaps – Conduct testing and fill knowledge gaps • Bench, pilot, full-scale testing • Peer-reviewed publications • PAA Guidance Document (WEF Book on PAA) – WEF Disinfection and Public Health Committee approved a special publication – This project will inform the process and research participants are encouraged to participate.
WRF PAA Research Questions • What is PAA disinfection efficacy for: – Fecal and total coliforms – E. coli and Enterococcus – Bacteriophage or other viruses? • How does wastewater quality impact PAA efficacy? • What impacts does PAA have on disinfected effluent pH, cBOD, COD, TOC, DO and solids
WRF PAA Research Questions • What does PAA-treated effluent have on aquatic life? • How else can PAA be used in wastewater treatment (i.e., controlling algae)? • What is needed to reduce regulatory ambiguity to permit facilities for PAA disinfection?
Value of the WRF to Utilities The WRF study helped answer many questions: • Will PAA work for us? • Should we switch to PAA? • How much will it cost? • Can we reuse existing assets? • Will we remain in compliance, at all times, and under all flow scenarios? • What are the design requirements? • Can PAA serve as a peak shaving tool? • Can PAA provide process redundancy?
Research Team NACWA + NYCDEP
Project Steering Committee Name Affiliation Role Christine Radke, PMP WE&RF Program Director Julie Harse, PE Tennessee Department of Project Steering Environment & Conservation Committee (PSC) Suresh D. Pillai, Ph.D. Texas A&M University PSC Vasudevan U.S. Environmental Protection PSC Namboodiri, Ph.D. Agency Robert S. Reimers, Tulane University PSC Ph.D. Kamlesh K. Patel, P.E. MWRD of Greater Chicago PSC Thomas Worley- Hazen and Sawyer PSC Morse, Ph.D. Matthew Jalbert, PE Trinity River Authority Utility SC
Utility participation • – Full-scale testing Provide data – Water quality impacts on – Algae evaluation (tertiary PAA efficacy filtration) – PAA impacts on treated – UV pilot + PAA water quality – WET and cytotoxicity • Provide effluent samples – Emerging contaminant • Provide analytical services evaluations • • Contribute to guidance Use economic evaluation tool – Authorship – Identify key parameters – Reviewer – Sensitivity analysis – Case studies • Host testing – Bench – Demonstration pilot reactor
SWIFt/SECO Demonstration Project • State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) Grant Funding • Demonstration project to reduce on-site energy consumption • Complete blower replacement within 1-Year Existing 1,000 HP Blower New 600 HP Turbo Blower
LIFT Steering Committee Chair Jim McQuarrie MWRD (Denver) Vice-Chair Erika Bailey John Arena -Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Jeff Peeters- SUEZ City of Raleigh Charles Bott- Hampton Roads Sanitation District Dave Rexing- Southern Nevada Water Authority Angelita Fasnacht- American Water Dr. Art Umble - Stantec Tom Kunetz - MWRDGC (Chicago) Col Chapman (Liaison)- Queensland Urban Utilities Dr. Nancy Love - University of Michigan Jeff Lape (Liaison) - U.S. EPA Dr. Sudhir Murthy- NEW Hub One Vacancy
LIFT Supports Innovation What is everyone else doing? What innovations are out there? Does it work? What about permits? Can I go see it in action?
LIFT 101 Utility Peer Network Utility Management LIFT Link Technology Scans Collaborative Technology FAST Water Test Bed Network Evaluations SEE IT University-Utility Partnership Creating the Space Challenges Technology Visualization Tool
Technology Scans Process
Technology Scans Looking for innovative technologies that bring: Expert panel of consultants, operators, regulators, and academics provides feedback on these criteria
140 Technologies 129 Companies
2019 LIFT Scan Webinar Series www.waterrf.org/lift-events Topic Technologies Date Smart Water- vGIS Mixed Reality (Meemim); EmNet Planning and Asset September 5 (Xylem) Management Nyex (Arvia); Pasteurization (PTG Group); Disinfection October 22 Kria Ionizer (EcoUSA) Drinking Water MPC Buoy (LG Sonic) November 5 Other topics include: Smart Water, Asset Management, Sensors, Enhancing Treatment, Carbon Diversion, Stormwater, Decentralized Systems
Discover Innovation https://liftlink.werf.org technologies projects needs
Barriers to Modernizing Underinvestment Technology Deployment and Conservative Risk-Averse Validation Challenges Industry Regulatory Barriers Social and Behavioral Challenges
FAST Water Directory 90 Facilities • Level 1 • Level 2 • Level 3 • Level 4 www.waterrf.org/fast-water-network-directory
Facility Details www.waterrf.org/fast-water-network-directory
Future Planned Activities matchmaking guidance validation data library
Example Collaboration – Hydrothermal Processing Technology
Example Collaboration – Hydrothermal Processing Technology Phase 0- $230k • proof-of-concept • 10 utilities Phase 1- $2.5M (50/50 DOE cost-share) • validation, planning, and FEED (front-end engineering and design) • 18 utilities, 1 refinery, 1 gas utility Phase 2 (planned)- $22M (50/50 DOE cost-share) • construction and piloting of a 3 dry ton/day facility at Central Contra Costa (CA)
Water Technology Survey www.waterrf.org/water-technology-survey-visualization • Deeper understanding of industry direction and peer’s activities • 90 responses received to date regarding 100+ types of technology • Survey will be reissued in two years to update visualization
LIFT SEE IT • Scholarship Exchange Experience for Innovation and Technology • WEF, NACWA, WRF Partnership • $30,000 in Travel Scholarship Funds • 30+ Utilities Awarded to Date
LIFT SEE IT • Recipient Spotlight: Washoe County Community Services visiting HRSD • Technology: Ozone-biological activated carbon and advanced oxidation (ultra-violet), membrane-based treatment systems, soil aquifer treatment processes and expertise to achieve potable reuse
University-Utility Partnerships Guidance Document now available to download for free on the WEF and WRF websites! With Support From:
University and Utility Partnerships • Program to Better Connect Universities and Utilities • Embed Students at Utilities • Targeted RDD&D • Workforce Training
Utility Peer Network • Utility Working Group and Focus Groups – Over 500 utility & industry participants • Web & In-Person Meetings • Activities: – Peer Information Exchange – Expert Presentations on Technologies – State of the Art Technology Guidance Reports – Collaborative Research and Demos
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