Village of Montpelier Water

Treatment Plant
Making the “World’s Best Tasting
Water” Even Better
 Defining Our Goals
¾Maintain High Quality and Reliability
¾Solidify Existing Finished Water Capacity
zDesired current capacity of 2 MGD
¾Plant Operations Consideration
¾Consider Future Expansion Capabilities
zExpansion capability to 4 MGD
 Existing Raw Water Source
¾Evaluating The Existing Raw Water Source
zExisting Well Field Capacity
•Historical Firm Capacity = 1.4 mgd
zLimitations of Existing Well Field
•Minimum well isolation distances
•Contamination potential
zRecommendation
•Consider New Well Field Site
 New Well Field Considerations
¾Evaluation Completed
Geology of the area
z

•Favorable conditions for wells yielding 1 MGD

capacity
•High water quality
•Best of Both Worlds (High Yield, Good Quality)
Land Availability
z

•Ability to meet isolation distances

zProximity to treatment plant
zPotential for aquifer contamination
 Existing Treatment Plant
¾Evaluating The Existing Treatment Plant
zTreatment Capacity
•Per 1940 standards, plant capacity was 1.5 MGD
•Per present day standards, noticeably less
zLimitations of Existing Facilities
•Treatment processes generally undersized
•Lack of redundancy for some processes
•Major renovations to existing structures required
•Physical site limitations
zRecommendation
•Consider New Water Treatment Plant
 New Water Treatment Plant
Considerations
¾Evaluation Completed
zDesign around our goals
zProvide Flexibility

zLocation

zOther Advantages

•Utilize current technology

•Minimized construction interruptions
•Construction duration
•Anticipated costs
 Decision to Proceed with
Alternate Source and Treatment
¾What We Needed To Do
zSite Location
zPreliminary Hydrogeologic Work

zConfirm Capacity and Quality

zWater Characteristics and Treatment Process

Selection
 Major System Components
Major System Components
¾Raw Water Wells
¾Softening / Iron Removal
¾Recarbonation
¾Filtration
¾Disinfection
¾Clear well Storage
¾High Service Pumps / Backwash Pumps
Process Flow Diagram
Raw Water Well
Softening & Recarbonation Basins
Cluster Filters
 The Recipe For The
World’s Best Tasting Water
¾Have A Dedicated Treatment Plant Staff
Blend The Water From One Of The
Country’s Finest Aquifers With A Carefully
Measured Portion Of Lime And Mix.
¾Allow To Settle
¾Transfer To Recarbonation Basin, Let Set
Until Stable
¾Filter
¾Disinfect and Serve.
To End Up With The World’s Best
Tasting Water, Your Source Must Be
Up To The Challenge
¾The aquifer the village draws from
contains what is most likely the finest water
in this part of the country.
zAverage Alkalinity of 305 mg/L
zAverage Harness of 308 mg/L

zIron Nominally 1.2 mg/L

zTrace Amounts of Sulfides

 Ohio’s
Aquifers

We Are
Here

Unconsolidated and
Confined
¾Lots of Sand and
Gravel Between Clay
Above and Bedrock
Below
 The Treatment Process
Precipitative Lime Softening
Table 1

The Target Montpelier, OH - Water Treatment Plant

Raw and Finished Water Quality

Parameter Average Average

Raw Finished

Water Water

Total Hardness (as CaCO3) 308 ppm 122 ppm

Total Alkalinity (as CaCO3) 305 ppm 120 ppm

Iron 1200 ug/l ND

Manganese 59 ug/l ND
 The Treatment Process
Precipitative Lime Softening
zWhy Use Lime?
zIt takes up more space, it requires more

equipment, the process requires more

attention.
zLots of reasons not to.

zThen Why?
 The Treatment Process
Aesthetics!
zLime accomplishes what needs to be done
without replacing what’s good for you with
something not so good.
zIt leaves no unwelcome oxidation byproducts

behind.
zIt makes restoring the stability after treatment

a simple process that does not require the

addition of anything foreign.
 The Treatment Process
Precipitative Lime Softening
zTwo EIMCO Clarifiers (aka. The Mixers)
zTheir Not Voodoo, But It May Seem Like It

Before You Get Them Figured Out.

 The Treatment Process
Recarbonation
zPrecipitative softening requires the elevation
of the pH to a point where a portion of the
calcium and magnesium compounds
remaining after treatment will require little
coaxing to come out of solution.
zRecarbonation allows the stability of the water

to be restored and allows the staff to tweak the

stability indexes.
 The Treatment Process
Filtration
¾Filtration is
accomplished with a
set of cluster filters.
¾Some swear by
them, others at
them.
¾Overall, they are
well suited to the
needs here.
 The Treatment Process
Disinfection
¾Gaseous Chlorine is disinfectant of choice
¾It has safety issues when compared to
hypochlorite.
¾The primary advantage is the compactness of
storage.
¾The primary disadvantage is its impact on the
alkalinity and pH (That’s why we have recarb)
 The Treatment Process
Now That You Know How We Make The
World’s Best Tasting Water, We Need A
Place To Keep It.

For That, We’re Going To Hand It Over To:

NATGUN