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Innovative Plant Operations Yield Bonuses—Part I
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.1980.tb00672.x
Subject(s) - lime , turbidity , alum , schedule , sedimentation , operations management , yield (engineering) , engineering , environmental science , waste management , environmental engineering , economics , management , geology , ecology , biology , chemistry , materials science , metallurgy , paleontology , organic chemistry , sediment
The Semper Water Treatment Plant in Westminster, Colorado has taken an innovative approach to plant operations by implementing a 12‐hour shift schedule and by installing tube settlers for use in the sedimentation process. The 12‐hour shift has resulted in lower labor costs and higher‐quality plant operations. The tube settlers have resulted in cost savings for alum and lime, in a significant decrease in backwash water required, and in a 28 percent decrease in finish water turbidity.