An overview and tour of the City of Scottsdale's 20 mgd advance water treatment plant (AWT). Scottsdale's AWT takes tertiary treated effluent, processes it through an ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis process for delivery to 22 golf course for irrigation needs and or distribution into 63 vadoze zone injection wells for groundwater recharge of a p...

Depletion of water supplies for potable and irrigation use has been a major problem in the world. Some areas in the US are facing challenges to reliably provide clean water to its population. These challenges require municipalities to pursue sustainable supply options such as Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR). IPR has become a sustainable alternative wa...

This presentation will provide an overview of the large diameter membrane assessment, including a review of operating and troubleshooting data. It will identify some of the advantages of large diameter membranes along with some of the operational challenges....

This paper will describe the use of a unique organics characterization method, liquid chromatography with on-line carbon detection to identify the primary cause of organic fouling in two fouling scale ultrafiltration plants, biopolymers and cTEP, and how the LC-OCD results were used to mitigate the impacts of these foulants through optimization of ...