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Upgrading a Landmark Water Treatment Plant
Author(s) -
Smith James G.,
Tippin David L.,
III Malichi C. Bennet,
Salgaonkar Jagdish B.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1987.tb02905.x
Subject(s) - settling , metropolitan area , landmark , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental engineering , water resource management , geography , engineering , cartography , archaeology , geotechnical engineering
By 1982, rapid growth in the metropolitan area of Tampa, Fla., had increased the demand for water beyond the capacity of the city's only water treatment plant. Designated an AWWA American Landmark, the Hillsborough River plant had been enlarged three times previously since its construction in 1925. The latest expansion, which was completed last year, added 36 mgd (136,000 m 3 /d) of capacity without constructing new settling basins. Removal of hydraulic bottlenecks and improvement of flow patterns, rapid‐mixing facilities, and the sludge removal system increased capacity without major new construction, saving about half the estimated cost of new settling basins.