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The City of Wilmington's Brandywine Filtration Plant was originally built in the late 1800s.While upgrades have occurred over the years, the plant is in need of modernization to ensure asustainable and reliable water treatment and delivery system. A study was undertaken to evaluatethe existing treatment processes and condition of the plant infrastructure. Plant upgradealternatives were then developed and evaluated based on their ability to increase reliableproduction capacity, while fully complying with all current regulations and providing flexibilityto meet evolving future regulations. Results of the study indicated that an immersedultrafiltration (UF) membrane process would be the most desirable alternative. The immersed UFsystem was compared to and selected over plate/tube settlers, dissolved air flotation, and Actifloclarification because it could be located in the existing sedimentation basins in a historicaltreatment plant building and because of the enhanced pathogen removal offered by UFmembranes. The UF process had the highest present worth capital and O

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Edition: Vol. - No. Published: 11/02/2003 Number of Pages: 18File Size: 1 file , 350 KB