Innovation August 22, 2019 Aaron Fisher- Water Research Foundation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

LIFT: Supporting Water Innovation

August 22, 2019 Aaron Fisher- Water Research Foundation Matt Jalbert- Trinity River Authority

WRF/WEF initiative to accelerate innovation in water and help move new water technologies into practice

Good Better leaders innovation forum for technology

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 (87 MGD) DCRWS (11.5 MGD) TMCRWS (24 MGD) CRWS (162 MGD) MCRWS (3.9 MGD) ROCRWS (4.6 MGD)

LRWSS HRWSS TCRWSS Lake Livingston Project Wolf Creek Park

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

H2S Removal System (Gas conditioning)

H2S 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

+ NYCDEP NACWA

Project Steering Committee

Name Affiliation Role

Christine Radke, PMP WE&RF Program Director Julie Harse, PE Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Project Steering Committee (PSC) Suresh D. Pillai, Ph.D. Texas A&M University PSC Vasudevan Namboodiri, Ph.D. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency PSC Robert S. Reimers, Ph.D. Tulane University PSC Kamlesh K. Patel, P.E. MWRD of Greater Chicago PSC Thomas Worley- Morse, Ph.D. Hazen and Sawyer PSC Matthew Jalbert, PE Trinity River Authority Utility SC

Utility participation

• Provide data

– Water quality impacts on PAA efficacy – PAA impacts on treated water quality

• Provide effluent samples
• Provide analytical services
• Contribute to guidance

– Authorship – Reviewer – Case studies

• Host testing

– Bench – Demonstration pilot reactor – Full-scale testing – Algae evaluation (tertiary filtration) – UV pilot + PAA – WET and cytotoxicity – Emerging contaminant evaluations

• Use economic evaluation tool

– Identify key parameters – Sensitivity analysis

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 City of Raleigh

John Arena -Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Charles Bott- Hampton Roads Sanitation District Angelita Fasnacht- American Water Tom Kunetz - MWRDGC (Chicago)

• Dr. Nancy Love - University of Michigan
• Dr. Sudhir Murthy- NEW Hub

Jeff Peeters- SUEZ Dave Rexing- Southern Nevada Water Authority

• Dr. Art Umble - Stantec

Col Chapman (Liaison)- Queensland Urban Utilities Jeff Lape (Liaison)- U.S. EPA 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?

Utility Peer Network Utility Management LIFT Link Technology Scans FAST Water Test Bed Network Collaborative Technology Evaluations SEE IT University-Utility Partnership Creating the Space Challenges Technology Visualization Tool

LIFT 101

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

Topic Technologies Date Smart Water- Planning and Asset Management vGIS Mixed Reality (Meemim); EmNet (Xylem) September 5 Disinfection Nyex (Arvia); Pasteurization (PTG Group); Kria Ionizer (EcoUSA) October 22 Drinking Water MPC Buoy (LG Sonic) November 5 Other topics include: Smart Water, Asset Management, Sensors, Enhancing Treatment, Carbon Diversion, Stormwater, Decentralized Systems www.waterrf.org/lift-events

Discover Innovation

needs projects technologies https://liftlink.werf.org

Barriers to Modernizing

Underinvestment Technology Deployment and Validation Challenges Conservative Risk-Averse Industry Regulatory Barriers Social and Behavioral Challenges

FAST Water Directory

www.waterrf.org/fast-water-network-directory

• Level 1
• Level 2
• Level 3
• Level 4

90 Facilities

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

• 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

www.waterrf.org/water-technology-survey-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
• xidation (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

• n 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

Utility Technology Focus Groups

48

• Biological Nutrient Removal
• Collection Systems
• Disinfection
• Digestion Enhancements
• Energy
• Energy Efficiency
• Energy Recovery
• Stormwater & Green Infrastructure
• Intelligent Water Systems
• Leak Detection
• Odor Control
• PFAS
• P-Recovery
• Small Facilities
• Water Reuse

Utility and facility personnel only discussion groups that each meet 3-4 times per year. The LIFT Working Group consists of all 14 focus group members and meets quarterly

www.waterrf.org/working-group-lift

Give utilities, young professionals and technology aficionados the opportunity to showcase their talents and innovation, with a focus on leveraging data using the best available tools to help utilities better understand the dynamics of complex systems for making better decisions.

• 2018 Winners

1. Great Lakes Water Authority (Detroit)- Stormwater Management 2. MWRD Chicago- Odor Control 3. Clean Water Services (Portland)- Influent Pump Stations

• 2019 Competition- 10 Teams Competing

LIFT Intelligent Water Systems Challenge

Partners: AWWA, Cleveland Water Alliance, ISA Water/ Wastewater Division, IWA, SWAN, The Water Council, WaterTAP

www.waterrf.org/intelligent-water-systems-challenge

Creating the Space to Innovate

Purpose: to create the regulatory space to help foster new water technology and approaches.

Digestion Enhancements Water Reuse Renewable Products Nutrient Management Improved Risk Sharing

2017 Expert Workshop Objectives:

• Discuss technology implementation

scenarios and their regulatory/policy framework

• Refine current regulatory/policy options
• Identify next steps to support innovative

technology adoption through enhancement

• f regulatory/policy landscape

Fostering Innovation in Water Utilities Video Guidance Document

LIFT for Management

Purpose: To develop a business reference model and information clearinghouse for the water industry that is complimentary to the existing foundational programs on Utility Management.

www.waterrf.org/utility-management-lift

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Thank You

Matt Jalbert jalbertm@trinityra.org Aaron Fisher afisher@waterrf.org

• Innovation Pavilion

Sponsors

• Passport to Innovation
• LIFT Breakfast Meeting
• Committee Meetings
• WRF Booth

Engaging the Water Community

Universities Consultants Utilities NGOs Federal Agencies Financiers Other Technology Providers

LIFT Engagement Opportunities

• Join the LIFT Utility Working Group / Focus Groups
• Log-in to LIFT Link
• Respond to the Technology Survey
• Apply to SEE IT
• Submit a Technology
• Become a Technology Reviewer
• Add Your Facility to the Test Bed Network
• Participate in a Collaborative Demo Project
• Engage in University-Utility Partnership Program
• Visit: www.waterrf.org/lift