GUILDERLAND PRESENTATION
Authors:
by John Mesheau And Tom Crawshaw
Hypertext Development:
by John Mesheau and Tom Crawshaw
Introduction:
This presentation was created by two Senior Environmental Engineering
students to fulfill the requirements for
Dr. Bungay's Environmental Systems Engineering course
(33.471).
The goal was to present a solid teaching aid (an introductory plant
tour) while demonstrating the flexibility of the Rensselaer Computing System
for presentation management. This "Tour" of the Guilderland Wastewater Treatment
plant is intended for display either on an individual basis, or for group presentation.
Some Background:
The Nott Road Wastewater Treatment Plant is a small plant designed to
accommodate a
maximum flow of 2.62 MGD. As of December 1994, the plant is being operated
by Keith
Edwards, a 4A operator. The plant serves the Town of Guilderlandand has some
very
interesting characteristics. The flow to the plant is virtually all sanitary
sewage, does not take
in storm water and only minimal amounts (about .5 MGD) of industrial wastes.
The plant has
a seasonal permit that requires them to chlorinate and reduce the effluent
UOD by about half
between June 1 and October 31. This is probably due to the fact that the
receiving waters, the
Normanskill Creek, is used for recreational purposes during the summer
months.
The plant originally consisted of just the two lagoons, one aerated and one
not, and a
chlorination station. In the early 1980's the plant was overhauled to
include the rest
of the system, consisting of the primary and secondary clarifiers, the aeration
tanks, and the chlorine contact tanks. Later, in late 1992 the sludge drying
beds
were changed to a composting system. With this addition, came two thickeners
one in the sludge control building and one in the composting building.
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