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Is Your Surface Water Plant Optimized?—Part 2
Author(s) -
Fraser Dan L.,
Steiner Joe
Publication year - 2005
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.1551-8833.2005.tb10820.x
Subject(s) - column (typography) , water column , computer science , water resources , environmental science , process engineering , operations research , engineering , ecology , biology , telecommunications , frame (networking)
This is Part Two of a two‐part column on surface water treatment plant optimization. Last month's column outlined some measurement criteria for optimization that are typically applied to conventional water treatment plants, and then noted some commonalities of systems that are struggling to meet optimization goals. This month's column looks at how optimized plants are managing to achieve their performance goals. The article discusses several commonalities between a large number of successfully optimized surface water treatment plants, along with a case study of the Long Beach, Washington, Water Treatment Plant, giving a brief description of some of the utility's optimization accomplishments. Specifically, the article discusses significant design problems at the plant that limited performance. Several educational resources for WTP optimization are provided.