Nevada Water Innovation Institute Projects Update Northern Nevada Water Planning Commission March 6, 2019 Krishna Pagilla, PhD, PE, BCEE Professor and ENVE Program Director Director, Nevada Water Innovation Institute Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Nevada, Reno
NWII Regional Partners Projects 1. Regional Advanced Water Technology Demonstration (NNWPC/WRWC) 2. STMWRF Pilot Scale A+ Water Technology Demonstration (US BOR/Washoe County/TMWA/WRWC) 3. STMWRF Effluent and Biosolids Goals (Washoe County) 4. TMWRF Process Modeling Study (City of Sparks) 5. TMWRF DON Removal Pilot Study (Cities of Reno/Sparks) 6. Reno-Stead WRF Category A+ Water Production and Injection Demonstration (City of Reno/WRWC) 7. Regional Effluent Planning Guidance (WRWC)
Advanced Water Technology Demonstration Project Tasks (2016-20) Rationale for Advanced Treated (Category A+) Water in the Truckee Meadows (Task 1) - Completed Critical Review of Technologies for A+ Water Production to Meet NDEP Requirements (Task 2) - Completed Basis of Design for Category A+ Water Production (Task 3) - Completed Demonstration System Testing Plan Development (Task 4) – Completed Treatment System Equipment Procurement and Installation (Task 5) – Under Progress Treatment System Shakedown and Startup (Task 6) – Under Progress Treatment System Operation and Data Collection – (Task 7) – Starting in Summer
Project Schedule and Status Advanced Water Treatment Technologies Demonstration Project Schedule Task Deliverables 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 1. Rationale and Justification for Advanced Treated Recycled Water in the Truckee Meadows Legend 99% Vision/planning document for advanced treated recycled water Completed 2. Critical Review of Technologies that can meet NDEP Prop. In-Progress Tech memo of treatment options and the selected alternative Upcoming 99% treatment train 3. Basis of Design for the Demonstration Project Document of the demonstration project design basis, drawings, non-process design specifications 95% 4. Demonstration System Testing Plan Testing plan document/operating manual 95% 5. Demonstration System Equipment Procurement and Installation Record document of equipment and supplies procured, deviations from the design document, and manufacturers 50% 6. Treatment System Shakedown and Startup Modified operations and maintenance document to include additional information 50% 7. Operation of the Treatment Train and Data Collection Quarterly progress reports of individual unit and process performance 5% 8. Reporting Quarterly progress reports Task reports Draft final report Final report 9. Workshops and Meetings Presentations for quarterly project meetings Workshops with independent panel Workshops with regional team, utilities, invited professional groups X X X
Regional OneWater Nevada Efforts
Northern Nevada Indirect Potable Reuse Feasibility Study (USBOR) Tasks (2017-18) • Developing a Category A+ water value study (final report preparation) • Evaluating methods to create and account for a “new” A+ category water right • Evaluate IPR’s ability to enable the region with greater water resiliency with respect to climate change effects (final report preparation) • Evaluate low energy water treatment technologies for IPR (final report preparation)
Northern Nevada Indirect Potable Reuse Feasibility Study Pilot Train Demonstration at IPR at STMWRF (Supported by 2 and 3, now 1):
Northern Nevada Indirect Potable Reuse Feasibility Study Status: • Completed pilot scale data collection with Ozone- BAC trailer and Coagulation-Floc-Sed-Filtration trailer • Data analysis and report preparation currently underway • Three technical reports being developed to support NDEP discussions: • Coag-Floc-Sed-Filt for Giardia and Crypto log credits and other goals • Ozone-BAC for trace organics removal • Ozone-BAC for pathogen removal
STMWRF Effluent and Biosolids Tasks and Goals Tasks (2018-2019): • Investigate Arsenic removal from effluent using Coag-Floc-Sed-Filtration process (completed) • Support Northern Nevada Indirect Potable Reuse Feasibility Study goals (Pilot operation and analytical support) (completed) • Investigate aerobic digestion process to address oxygen transfer and thickening issues (in progress) • Provide support to update plant process model
TMWRF Processing Modeling Study Tasks (2018-2019): (Eric Marchand, PI) • Sampling and Data Collection for Steady State BioWin Process Model (Underway) • Calibrate and Validate the BioWin Process Model (Underway) • Investigate Combined C-N-P Configurations for TMWRF Main Plant • Provide Recommendations for Pilot Scale Investigations Using System 3 and Model Use
TMWRF DON Removal Pilot Study Tasks (2018-2020): (Eric Marchand, PI) • Develop Operations and Sampling and Analysis Plan for Pilot Plant (Underway) • Assist in Pilot Plant Operation and Monitoring (Underway) • Investigate DON Removal by Coagulation/ Flocculation (with and without Sedimentation) and Filtration • Provide Recommendations for Potential Implementation
RSWRF Category A+ Demonstration Tasks (2018-2020): • American Flat Road Hydrogeological Investigation Sampling/Analysis and Assistance (Completed) • RSWRF Potable Water Injection Study Sampling/Analysis and Assistance (Underway) • RSWRF Category A+ Water Production and Injection Demonstration • Develop Findings from Data Provide Recommendations for Potential Implementation
NWII Current Efforts 1. Exploring Various International Collaborations and Project Opportunities (Japan, Poland, possibly Mexico) 2. Hosting Dr. Janusz Karwot, Chairman of the Board, Water and Sewage Company, Rybnik, Poland from April 1 – May 31, 2019. He would like to engage with NWII and Partners to develop innovation in the Polish water sector. He is being supported by the Top 100 Innovators Program of the Polish Government. 3. We are awaiting NSF’s decision on our Industry-University Collaborative Research Center – Center for One Water Proposal 4. We have projects underway with funding from USDA, USDOD, NSF, NDOT, and WRF
NEVADA WATER INNOVATION INSTITUTE www.unr.edu/nwii UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO
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