Presentations by Kurt Kiefer, PE, BCEE
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Designing the First Membrane Treatment Facility for Florida's Largest Water Utility
This paper describes the design of a membrane treatment facility for Miami Dade Water and Sewer District for the dual treatment objectives of membrane softening and nitrate reduction for the South Miami Heights WTP. In addition, this facility will use an integrated membrane approach using parallel treatment trains of ultralowpressure (ULP) reverse...
Startup of the 40-mgd Glades Road Nanofiltration Plant for the City of Boca Raton
This PowerPoint describes the Startup of the 40-mgd Glades Road Nanofiltration Plant for the City of Boca Raton...
Florida's Largest Water Utility Looks to RO for Developing Alternative Water Supplies
The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) has placed increased emphasis on the development of alternative water supplies for South Florida due to concerns of increased withdrawals on the sustainability of the Biscayne Aquifer. As a result, an application for a consumptive use permit renewal must now include provisions for the development ...
Construction and Start-Up of the Clewiston RO Plant
This paper described the design and construction of the City of Clewiston 3 mgd reverse osmosis plant, a grass roots facility that included new raw water supply wells, new water treatment plant and a deep injection disposal well...
Improving Nanofiltration Plant Performance - The City of Pompano Beach Case Study
Improving Nanofiltration Plant Performance The City of Pompano Beach Case Study...
Challenges in Designing a Reverse Osmosis System for a Tidally Influenced Surface Water Source with Wide Variations in Salinity and Temperature
Tidally influenced surface water sources that are being treated or being considered for treatment include the Taunton River in the Massachusetts, the Hudson River in New York, the Chesapeake Bay, Tampa Bay, and the San Francisco Bay. These raw water sources can experience changes in salinity as great as 10,000 mg/l and changes in temperature of ove...
Dania Beach Design/Build Stimulates Membrane Plant Upgrade
This paper will present the innovative membrane treatment plant design for the Dania Beach membrane plant that was developed to meet these challenges by maximizing system recovery while providing a developed to meet these challenges by maximizing system recovery while providing a high degree of operating flexibility. This design includes a two stag...
Energy Recovery Strategies for Brackish RO Facilities with Varying Water Quality Conditions
This paper describes work to consider design with energy recovery systems for tidally influenced surface water sources that have wide variations in TDS and temperature The overall power consumption for the two turbocharger options, the motor assisted turbocharger option and the pressure exchanger system were evaluated. This demonstrates the sens...
Using Seawater Desalination to Diversify California Water Supply
This paper examines a SWRO project in California and the key concerns of energy cost, source water supply and brine disposal. An innovative design using a new generation hybrid configuration of low pressure SWRO membranes and high boron rejection SWRO membranes is presented....
Optimizing Membrane Versus Thermal Processes for Brine Minimization
This paper compares brine minimization processes and examines the level of brine reduction that can be achieved, the limiting factors for brine minimization using membrane systems, and the advantages and disadvantages, operability and the relative economics of both the membrane and thermal process alternatives. Strategies for minimizing the treatme...
San Andres Turns to Seawater RO to Meet Critical Water Supply Shortfall
San Andres Island is located in the Caribbean northwest of the Colombian Coast. The northern part of the island is the center of the urban population and tourism, whereas the southern part of the island has a lower density, more rural population. The existing total water demand for the entire island is estimated around 5.14 mgd; however, the existi...