The Plant Profile is monthly article about a water treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant, water reclamation facility, water resource recovery facility or desalination plant. Each article features the history of the plant, its treatment process, recent upgrades and the future of the facility. Want to see your facility featured here? Submit your plant for consideration!
At full capacity, the reverse osmosis process for the Tampa Bay Seawater Desalination Plant produces 19 mgd of concentrated salty water that is returned to and blended with Big Bend water for a 70:1 ratio.
Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
Size: 25 mgd
Equipment: Reverse osmosis, coagulation, flocculation, sand filters, diatomaceous earth filters, feed…
Irvine Ranch Water District is a pioneer in recycled water best practices and was a catalyst for using purple pipe for recycled water, which has now become the industry standard.
Location: Orange County, California
Size: 447,000 population served; 120,000 drinking water connections
Equipment: screens, grit chambers,…
Ramon Lopez, lead operator and lab supervisor, collects samples at the city’s wastewater treatment plant and sends it on dry ice to be tested at GT Molecular in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The Water & Wastes Digest staff invites industry professionals to nominate the water and wastewater projects they deem most remarkable and innovative for recognition in the Annual Reference Guide issue. All projects must have been in the design or construction phase over the last 18 months.
