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Nevada Water Innovation Institute Projects Update

Krishna Pagilla, PhD, PE, BCEE

Professor and ENVE Program Director Director, Nevada Water Innovation Institute Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Nevada, Reno Northern Nevada Water Planning Commission March 6, 2019

NWII Regional Partners Projects

• 1. Regional Advanced Water Technology Demonstration

(NNWPC/WRWC)

• 2. STMWRF Pilot Scale A+ Water Technology Demonstration

(US BOR/Washoe County/TMWA/WRWC)

• 3. STMWRF Effluent and Biosolids Goals (Washoe County)
• 4. TMWRF Process Modeling Study (City of Sparks)
• 5. TMWRF DON Removal Pilot Study (Cities of Reno/Sparks)
• 6. Reno-Stead WRF Category A+ Water Production and

Injection Demonstration (City of Reno/WRWC)

• 7. Regional Effluent Planning Guidance (WRWC)

Advanced Water Technology Demonstration Project

 Rationale for Advanced Treated (Category A+) Water in the Truckee Meadows (Task 1) - Completed  Critical Review of Technologies for A+ Water Production to Meet NDEP Requirements (Task 2) - Completed  Basis of Design for Category A+ Water Production (Task 3) - Completed  Demonstration System Testing Plan Development (Task 4) – Completed  Treatment System Equipment Procurement and Installation (Task 5) – Under Progress  Treatment System Shakedown and Startup (Task 6) – Under Progress  Treatment System Operation and Data Collection – (Task 7) – Starting in Summer

Tasks (2016-20)

Project Schedule and Status

Task Deliverables

Q2 Vision/planning document for advanced treated recycled water Tech memo of treatment options and the selected alternative treatment train Document of the demonstration project design basis, drawings, non-process design specifications Testing plan document/operating manual Record document of equipment and supplies procured, deviations from the design document, and manufacturers Modified operations and maintenance document to include additional information Quarterly progress reports of individual unit and process performance Quarterly progress reports Task reports Draft final report Final report Presentations for quarterly project meetings Workshops with independent panel Workshops with regional team, utilities, invited professional groups X X X

Advanced Water Treatment Technologies Demonstration Project Schedule

• 1. Rationale and Justification for Advanced Treated Recycled Water in

the Truckee Meadows

• 3. Basis of Design for the Demonstration Project
• 2. Critical Review of Technologies that can meet NDEP Prop.

2016 2017 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q3 2018 Q4 2020

• 7. Operation of the Treatment Train and Data Collection
• 8. Reporting
• 9. Workshops and Meetings

Q1 Q2

• 4. Demonstration System Testing Plan
• 5. Demonstration System Equipment Procurement and Installation
• 6. Treatment System Shakedown and Startup

Q4 Q1 Q3 Q4 2019 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q3

99% 99% 50% 50% 5% 95% 95%

Legend

Completed In-Progress Upcoming

Regional OneWater Nevada Efforts

Northern Nevada Indirect Potable Reuse Feasibility Study (USBOR)

Tasks (2017-18)

• Developing a Category A+ water value study

(final report preparation)

• Evaluating methods to create and account for a

“new” A+ category water right

• Evaluate IPR’s ability to enable the region with

greater water resiliency with respect to climate change effects (final report preparation)

• Evaluate low energy water treatment

technologies for IPR (final report preparation)

Northern Nevada Indirect Potable Reuse Feasibility Study

Pilot Train Demonstration at IPR at STMWRF (Supported by 2 and 3, now 1):

Northern Nevada Indirect Potable Reuse Feasibility Study

Status:

• Completed pilot scale data collection with Ozone-

BAC trailer and Coagulation-Floc-Sed-Filtration trailer

• Data analysis and report preparation currently

underway

• Three technical reports being developed to support

NDEP discussions:

• Coag-Floc-Sed-Filt for Giardia and Crypto log credits

and other goals

• Ozone-BAC for trace organics removal
• Ozone-BAC for pathogen removal

STMWRF Effluent and Biosolids Tasks and Goals

Tasks (2018-2019):

• Investigate Arsenic removal from effluent using

Coag-Floc-Sed-Filtration process (completed)

• Support Northern Nevada Indirect Potable Reuse

Feasibility Study goals (Pilot operation and analytical support) (completed)

• Investigate aerobic digestion process to address
• xygen transfer and thickening issues (in progress)
• Provide support to update plant process model

TMWRF Processing Modeling Study

Tasks (2018-2019): (Eric Marchand, PI)

• Sampling and Data Collection for Steady State

BioWin Process Model (Underway)

• Calibrate and Validate the BioWin Process

Model (Underway)

• Investigate Combined C-N-P Configurations for

TMWRF Main Plant

• Provide Recommendations for Pilot Scale

Investigations Using System 3 and Model Use

TMWRF DON Removal Pilot Study

Tasks (2018-2020): (Eric Marchand, PI)

• Develop Operations and Sampling and Analysis

Plan for Pilot Plant (Underway)

• Assist in Pilot Plant Operation and Monitoring

(Underway)

• Investigate DON Removal by Coagulation/

Flocculation (with and without Sedimentation) and Filtration

• Provide Recommendations for Potential

Implementation

RSWRF Category A+ Demonstration

Tasks (2018-2020):

• American Flat Road Hydrogeological

Investigation Sampling/Analysis and Assistance (Completed)

• RSWRF Potable Water Injection Study

Sampling/Analysis and Assistance (Underway)

• RSWRF Category A+ Water Production and

Injection Demonstration

• Develop Findings from Data Provide

Recommendations for Potential Implementation

NWII Current Efforts

• 1. Exploring Various International Collaborations and Project

Opportunities (Japan, Poland, possibly Mexico)

• 2. Hosting Dr. Janusz Karwot, Chairman of the Board, Water

and Sewage Company, Rybnik, Poland from April 1 – May 31, 2019. He would like to engage with NWII and Partners to develop innovation in the Polish water sector. He is being supported by the Top 100 Innovators Program of the Polish Government.

• 3. We are awaiting NSF’s decision on our Industry-University

Collaborative Research Center – Center for One Water Proposal

• 4. We have projects underway with funding from USDA,

USDOD, NSF, NDOT, and WRF

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