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Description: The Next Frontier of Primary Clarifiers
The Next Frontier of Primary Clarifiers
The Villiage Creek Water Reclamation Facility (VCWRF; Fort Worth, Texas) is seeking to replace 12 of its 18 circular conventional clarifiers built in the 1950s and 1960s. However, VCWRF does not intend to replace them with new primary clarifiers.
Author(s)
Ana J. Pena-TijerinaOnder Caliskaner
SourceArticle of WE&T Magazine
Project IDWET34
SubjectClarification;Primary Treatment;Innovation
Document typeMagazine article
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Print publication date Sep 2019
Volume / Issue31 / 9
Content sourceWE&T Magazine
First / last page(s)74 - 77
Copyright2019
Word count2,116
Subject keywordsVillage Creek Water Reclamation FacilityClearCaptureClearCoveSalsnes Filter SystemAdvanced Primary TreatmentClarifiersChemical Enhanced Primary TreatmentCEPTOdorsBOD

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Description: The Next Frontier of Primary Clarifiers
Earlier Efforts
The Next Frontier of Primary Clarifiers
VCWRF already has decommissioned six small primary clarifiers since the 1990s; these were No. 7 to 12. The facility also plans to continue using its six large conventional primary clarifiers, No. 13 to 18, which currently process most of the influent flow. The figure (left) shows an aerial of the VCWRF primary clarifiers.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2019
Word count727
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Description: The Next Frontier of Primary Clarifiers
Choosing the Technologies
The Next Frontier of Primary Clarifiers
Ana Peña-Tijerina, engineering manager for the Fort Worth (Texas) Water Department, identified three APT technologies through the Leaders Innovation Forum for Technology (LIFT) program. LIFT is a multipronged initiative undertaken by the Water Research Foundation (Denver) and the Water Environment Federation (Alexandria, Va.) to help bring new water technology to the field quickly and...
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2019
Word count1,075
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Description: The Next Frontier of Primary Clarifiers
Findings
The Next Frontier of Primary Clarifiers
These pilot tests proved the ability and performance of these APT technologies on-site and under the same conditions as existing primary clarifiers.
PublisherWater Environment Federation
Copyright2019
Word count91
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The Next Frontier of Primary Clarifiers