Water Treatment Plant Performance Evaluations and Operations

A GUIDE FOR EVALUATING WATER TREATMENT plant performance, improving analytical capabilities, and optimizing plant operations Documenting a twelve-year cooperative effort between H2O'C Engineering and the Bloomington, Illinois, Water Department, this book presents the results of a series of twenty-six on-site studies to systematically evaluate and improve unit processes, operations, and procedures at the Bloomington, Illinois, Water Treatment Plant. It provides guidelines for comparable long-term studies, illustrating how other water treatment plants might develop their own advanced analytic laboratory capabilities, assess treatment process performance, and improve their operations. Using a case study approach, the authors address such issues as: Maintaining regulatory compliance Evaluating particle and organism removal performance Testing, evaluating, and enhancing filter operations Managing seasonal taste and odor problems resulting from algal blooms Improving lime softening performance, efficiency, and operations Quantifying GAC adsorption and microbial degradation of organic matter Developing a comprehensive plant operations manual Following the experiences of the Bloomington Water Department, readers learn how to utilize basic tools and internal resources to reduce costs, improve operational efficiencies, meet evolving regulatory requirements, update emergency procedures, and document standard operational procedures and experiences.