Waste Water Treatment Plant Design Data

 

Wastewater Characteristics

Influent

Effluent

 

 

 

 

Summer

Winter

 

Suspended Solids

280 mg/l

24/36 mg/l

 

 

BOD5

320 mg/l

13/20 mg/l

20/32 mg/l

 

NH3-N

30 mg/l

5.3/8.0 mg/l

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

Design Flows

Influent

 

 

 

Average Daily Flow

6.0 mgd

 

 

 

Peak Hydraulic Flow

12.0 mgd

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grit Removal Facilities

1 & 2

 

 

 

Blowers

Positive Displacement 155 scfm @ 4.0 psi each

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Tanks

1, 2, 3 & 4

 

5

 

Dimensions

9 ft x 11 ft (rectangular)

 

68 ft (diameter)

 

S.W.D.

10 ft each

 

7 ft

 

Surface Area

1,116 sf each

 

3,632 sf

 

Weir Length

17 ft each

 

214 ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roughing Towers

1 & 2

 

 

 

Diameter

55 ft

 

 

 

Media Depth

20 ft

 

 

 

Media min. Surface Area

30 sq. ft. per cu. ft.

 

 

 

Pumps

3 Submersible 3,125 gpm @ 47’ TDH each

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aeration Tanks

1, 2 & 3

 

 

 

Dimensions

150 ft x 37 ft (rectangular)

 

 

 

S.W.D.

13 ft

 

 

 

Tube Diffusers

278 (each)

 

 

 

Blowers

4 Centrifugal 3,500 scfm @ 8.0 psi each

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Tanks

1 & 2

 

3

 

Diameter

65.67 ft

 

65.67

 

S.W.D.

11.2 ft

 

12.2 ft

 

Surface Area

3,387 sf (each)

 

3,387

 

Weir Length

189.5 ft

 

189.5 ft

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chlorine Contact Tanks

East

 

West

 

Dimensions

35 ft x 18 ft

 

29 ft x 47 ft

 

S.W.D.

10 ft

 

11.5 ft

 

Volume

6,300 cf

 

15,674 cf

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digesters

1 & 2

 

 

 

Diameter

50 ft

 

 

 

S.W.D.

22.5 ft

 

 

 

Volume

351,500 each

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lagoons

1, 2, 3 & 4

 

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