The Atlantic City Municipal Utilities Authority (ACMUA) has
established a goal of upgrading their filtration facilities to
allow for:
additional capacity (increase from 18 MGD to 22 MGD);
the ability to remove filters from service to perform maintenance;
and,
to meet a turbidity goal of 0.1 NTU at their filtration plant.
A pilot study was conducted to evaluate the Atlantic City
Municipal Utilities Authority's (ACMUA) existing filtration
facilities to determine the potential for increasing filtration
capacity. The three alternative media configurations and the control
were tested at a loading rate of 5.5 gpm/sf. The tests were
conducted with four 4-inch diameter filtration columns
operating in parallel. The flow treated by the filtration
columns was taken from the top of the existing filters. Data
recorded included turbidity, particle counts and headloss. Further information presented includes: ACMUA's filter plant description; pilot testing; and pilot test results. Includes figures.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| Number of Pages : | 1 |
| Published : | 06/01/2007 |
