The American Council of Engineering Companies of New Jersey (ACEC/NJ) 2009 Engineering Excellence Awards Program recently honored Gannett Fleming, an international planning, design, and construction management firm, for its work on two projects.
As suppliers of ozone based water treatment systems, we are always looking for new developments in the industry especially when ozone is used in well regarded projects.? The Canal Road project in new Jersey is one such project.
New Jersey American Water’s Canal Road Water Treatment Plant expansion project was recognized with an Honor Award in the Water and Wastewater Category. A $50 million design-build project, the expansion improved reliability to customers by increasing the facility’s capacity from 60 million gallons per day (MGD) to 80 MGD, with provisions for future expansion to 100 MGD. As part of the project, nearly all of the plant’s processes were expanded or modified. These included: the intake structure and raw water screening; raw water pump station; rapid mix, flocculation, and sedimentation; intermediate ozone contact; filtration; disinfection; finished water pumping; chemical handling; and the plant’s supervisory control and data acquisition system. As a result of this project, the Canal Road Water Treatment Plant is operating at a 33 percent increase in capacity, but the plant’s footprint has been reduced by 65 percent. In addition, annual maintenance costs have been reduced by more than $10,000.