Water Treatment Plant By Erica Lopez Tiffany Thomas Clay Montgomery Tyler Sims GRA Celina Bochis EMAP 2006

Objectives  Build water treatment plant to serve the water park and surrounding communities (expand the city limits)  Build small water treatment plant just for the park with only a sand filter and chlorine disinfection involved  The location of the larger treatment plant will not be on the park site  It will be on the nearest strip mine (brownfields)

Treatment Plant Proposed Location

The strip mine is owned by the Gulf State Paper Corporation. This is the brownfields that the city could pursue for development opportunities. Mr. Warner (owner) has been very generous in providing properties in the past for city projects. City needs ADEM and EPA approval and help with funding for cleaning. City may have funding to help clean and renovate the brownfields. Plan for Treatment Plant Location

Lake Nichol Built in 1954 and used as a water supply for city of Tuscaloosa. 380 acres and has a water capacity of 3.3 billion gallons. Originally designed for approximately 50,000 people. Use existing pipes and the pump station for our water plant in order to save cost.

Treatment Plant Based on Water Consumption Domestic usage: gal/cap-day Public usage: 5-20 gal/cap-day Commercial/Industrial usage: gal/cap-day Maximum usage: between 6-8 am and 6-8 pm. Minimum usage: –between 1 and 5 am. Park water rides water usage

Typical Water Treatment Plant 1.Chemical mixing basin 2.Flocculation Basin 3.Settling Tank 4.Rapid Sand Filter 5.Disinfection with Chlorine 6.Storage basin 7.Pump

Water Usage (from literature) Class of UsageQuantity (gal/cap-day) Average Quantity Domestic Commercial/ Industrial Public Leakage Total150 Ed Love Plant Water Storage Capacity: 25.4 mil. Gal Water Treatment Capacity: 45.7 mil. Gal/ day Population Served: 133,000 people

Predicted Water Usage for Tuscaloosa Consumption = (Water Treatment Capacity-Water Storage Capacity)/Population Consumption = (45.7 mil-25.4 mil)gal- day/133,000people Consumption = 153 gal/day-person

Population Prediction General population for the Lake Nichol area is about 2,400 people We used the arithmetic method to predict the population growth dP/ dt = K where dP/dt = growth rate K = constant Final population = Initial population + Kdt We estimate the final population to be 10,000 people.

Conceptual Design Period: 25 years Population: 10,000 Flow: 100 gallons/cap-day Area: –Watermelon Rd. –Yellow Creek Rd. –Old Lock 15 Rd.

Cost 1)Building the water treatment plant –$3/gallon of treated water –$25/linear foot of pipe 2)Cleaning the brownfields –Money from ADEM and EPA –City of Tuscaloosa funds

So In Review… We are providing a conceptual design for consideration. We plan to create a separate treatment system for the area due to population increases. The property and design we use would need approval from ADEM and the EPA. We hope the city will use some of its funds to renovate the brownfields.

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