Benjamin C.

Whitehead, PE
Benjamin J. Klayman, PhD, PE

Case Study: Commissioning

New Rapid Sand Filters at
Donald K. Shine Water Treatment Plant

July 2010

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Plant Flow Schematic

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South Treatment Facility Phase IB Expansion

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Type of Filtration

Six New Conventional Rapid Sand Filters

Roberts Leotech Underdrain w/IMS Cap
12-inches Sand
24-inches Anthracite
Water and Air Scour Backwash
1360 sq.ft. per Filter
4 gpm / sq.ft.

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New Filter Installation

Filter Underdrain
J-Tube Riser Air
Scour Manifold

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New Filter Installation

Grout Infill

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Grout Bed

New Filter Installation

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Completed Underdrain

Filter Media Installation

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Completed Filter Cell

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Filter Backwash Equipment

Air Scour Blower

Gardner-Denver
Multi-stage
300

Centrifugal

Hp
5440 scfm @ 6.2 psig

Backwash Pump
Perless

Pump Company
Vertical Turbine Mixed Flow
250 Hp
32 MGD @ 17.5-feet TDH
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Filter Backwash
Backwash Sequence
Drain filter to 6-inches above
Initiate Air Scour 2 minutes

media

Add

4 gpm/sq.ft. Low Rate BW (8 MGD) until just

below troughs
Stop Air Scour and continue Low Rate water only to
top of trough
Initiate 17 gpm/sq.ft. High Rate BW (32 MGD) 4
minutes
Low rate BW (8 MGD) for 1 minute
10 minute settling delay
Open effluent valve 2 minutes after filling starts

Backwash is reclaimed / returned to raw

water influent of the plant

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STF Filter

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Filter Backwash Selectable Parameters

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Backwash with Air Scour

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Backwash with Air Scour

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Backwash

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Backwash

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MDNRE Requirements
2 Consecutive 15 min. NTU > 1.0
2 Consecutive NTU > 0.5 first 4 hours
2 Consecutive NTU > 1.0, 3 consecutive months
2 Consecutive NTU > 2.0, 2 consecutive months

B&V / City of Wyoming Start-up Goals

Maintain NTU < 0.3 (<0.1 normally)
< 0.1 NTU @ 7 MGD

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Commissioning Plan
How do we get there?
Careful Planning
Start Slowly
Filter to Rest
Monitor/Operate Closely
Flow
Turbidity
Headloss

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Commissioning Pre-requisites
Media Washing/Screening
VOC testing
Chlorination
Instrumentation / Alarms
Monitoring / Trending
SCADA Control
Backwash Equipment
Backwash Sequence
Transfer Pumping
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Commissioning Plan
Initial Start-up:
Initiate Filter Off-line (Filter-to-Waste)

1 MGD, Filter-to-Waste until < 0.3 NTU

Filter

On-line: 1 MGD

> 0.3 NTU, Initiate Settling-delay: 4 hours

Re-test: <0.1 NTU up to 3 MGD

Seasoning:
2 weeks up to 3 MGD
1 week off-line

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Commissioning Plan
Performance Test:
Run Filter Several minutes
Backwash
Place On-line, 1 to 3 MGD
Ramp 0.5 MGD @ 30 min intervals
>

0.2 NTU Initiates Continuous Monitoring

> 0.3 NTU Initiates Filter-to-Waste

Ramp to 7 MGD for 1 hour < 0.1NTU

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SCADA Screen STF Filter Overview

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Filter No. 13 Start-up

0.8

Flow
Head Loss
Turbidity

Flow (MGD) / Head Loss (ft)

0.7

0.6

0.5

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
1/4

1/5

1/6

1/7

1/8

Time
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1/9

1/10

1/11

0
1/12

Turbidity (NTU)

Filter Performance (Results)

Filter Influent Turbidity: +/- 0.3 NTU
Filter Effluent Turbidity: < 0.1 NTU @ 7 MGD
Filter Effluent Turbidity: 0.02-0.07 after Initial
Commissioning & Current Conditions
Filter Headloss: 1 to 7.5-feet
Run Time: 200 hours - New and Existing
Filters
4X

longer after expansion

Previously 40-60 hours
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Filter Performance

Meurer Research Inc. Plate Settling Equipment

July 2010

Field Engineering Improvements

Reduced Washwater Quantity

Reduced High Rate
Total Wash Volume

Wash: 10 minutes to 4 minutes

= 75 gal / sq.ft. (100,000 gal)
Industry Standard = 150-180 gal / sq.ft. (250,000 gal)
Allows for 5 Consecutive Backwashes to Reclaim

Operator Adjustable Settling Delay

Washwater Launder Stabilization
Headloss Instrumentation Calibration
Air Distribution Optimization

July 2010

Questions?

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