The objective of this project is to design a innovative drinking water treatment plant to address emerging contaminants of concern and serve a growing population in the State College area.
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Team Members
Natalie Bird | Allison McCloy | Bradyn Schwabenbauer | Alex Saglamer | | | | | | | |
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Overview
The State College Borough Water Authority is in need of an upgraded drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) that will offer new technology to treat emerging contaminants and serve a growing population in the State College area. The current Woodside DWTP is old, outdated, and often reaching capacity. The new Nixon-Kocher DWTP will implement innovative technology to provide an upgraded treatment process that will effectively and sustainably serve the residents of the State College area.
Objectives
The objective was to design an innovative DWTP based on source water quality, site-specific feasible technologies, and a hydraulic & hydrologic (H&H) modeling strategy.
Approach
-Assess the source water quality at the Nixon and Kocher well fields
-Analyze source water pilot study results
-Research and evaluate feasible treatment technologies
-Use decision matrices to determine most effective and innovative technologies to implement at the DWTP
-Conduct preliminary design calculations for selected technologies
-Determine flow and process layout of proposed system
-Create schematics of all treatment processes
-Assess project site conditions by implementing a H&H modeling strategy
-Model site flood conditions and evaluate current and future flood risks
Outcomes
– The Nixon-Kocher DWTP will include the following treatment technologies to address emerging contaminants and safely provide water to
State College residents:
-Micro-membrane filtration
-Granular activated carbon
-UV disinfection
-Sodium hypochlorite
– The DWTP is safe from current and future flood risks