Emergency Treatment of PFAS Contaminated Flood Water
City Water Technology was engaged by Veolia Environmental Services to provide specialist process, project management and operations support for an emergency PFAS water treatment plant in Sydney.
Crescent Head WTP Design & Construct
Overview
Building on CWTs past experience and expertise with Crescent Head WTP, CWT was engaged by Eire Construction to provide process support for the design and construct for Crescent Head WTP.
- In conjunction with Eire, BG&E, Alliance Automation
The existing WTP (1987) is supplied via the Crescent Head Water Supply Scheme. This scheme consists of three production bores with a basic treatment system.
Project summary
- Treating raw water supplied from three existing bore pumps at Maguire’s Crossing Borefield.
- Delivering a peak daily treated water capacity of 1.08 ML/day.
- Detailed design and construction of a new water treatment plant with infrastructure for water treatment, storage, pumping and distribution.
- Construction of a new pipeline to the Crescent Head wastewater treatment plant for the transfer of wastewater.
- Commissioning of the new plant and removal of the old infrastructure.
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Services Offered
- Detailed process design
- Production of P&IDs, PFD
- Safety in design considerations
- Detailed design reviews and workshops
- Equipment lists, datasheets
- Critical control points and critical operational points
- Control philosophy
Need
The existing water treatment plant has increasingly been susceptible to equipment failure and deemed approaching “end of life”. As a relatively simple treatment process with only chemical dosing processes Council are replacing this WTP to provide safe, reliable and compliant drinking water for the community of Crescent Head into the future.
Solution
Construct a new water treatment plant on the existing site with a production capacity of 1.08 ML/ 22 hours. This includes pretreatment of bore water, clarification, filtration, disinfection and final water storage.
Benefit
Improved water quality and reliability of drinking water to Crescent Head. Ensure ongoing compliance with ADWG.
