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Conventional DAF Meets Site‐Specific Requirements
Author(s) -
Khuns Edward,
Allen Glenn,
Herzner Julie A.,
Roumbas Christakis
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2012.38.0068
Subject(s) - installation , excavation , bedrock , service (business) , process (computing) , engineering , construction engineering , civil engineering , computer science , business , mechanical engineering , geology , operating system , geotechnical engineering , marketing , geomorphology
The new Peekskill (New York) Water Treatment Plant faced several design complexities, including connecting the new facility and high‐service pumps to the existing clearwell without interrupting service; installing a new intake; and managing a project site underlain with bedrock, requiring costly excavation. An award‐winning approach was used to optimize the conventional dissolved air flotation (DAF) process and include a pump station that allowed the plant to be constructed at grade, minimizing excavation.