Example of water treatment
plants
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Membrane development over the last 15 years in Veolia
1989 :MF ceramic
1st drinking water
(2000 m3/d)
St Maurice les 1999 :NF 2002 : MF
Sept 2005 :OI
Chateauneufs (France) Nanofiltration (140 000 m3/d) (126 000 m3/d)
(326 000 m3/d)
Méry/Oise (France). Bendigo (Australia)
Ashkelon (Israel)
2003 : MBR
2000 : UF (40 000 m3/d)
1997 : BIOSEP (160 000 m3/d) Noord Canal (Germany)
1st MBR ClayLane (UK) 2003 : ARAMIS
Membrane center of expertise
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Examples of membrane integration in process train
Disinfection
Clarification + Disinfection + pesticides Desalination
disinfection + pesticides + nitrates
Raw water Raw water Raw water
Raw Water
Pump
Pump Pump Pump
Coagulation Coagulation Coagulation
Floculation Coagulation
Floculation Floculation Floculation
Settler
Microfiltration settler settler
Ozone
Sand Sand
Ozone filtration Filtration
GAC
Filtration Nanofiltration Reverse Osmosis
GAC Ultrafiltration
Post Post Post
Post treatment
treatment treatment treatment
Drinking water Drinking water Drinking water
Drinking Water
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Typical Process trains for drinking water production
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Example for Clarification / Disinfection :
Yvetot (Site de Héricourt) - France
¿ Karstic water treatment :
• Turbidity removal
• Bacteries removal
Raw water
¿ Plant capacity:
Pump
•5 000 m3/ d
Coagulation
Floculation • membrane area : 2 x 1 350 m2
Microfiltration • operated since 1997 by Veolia Water
Post
treatment
Drinking water
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Example for Clarification / Disinfection :
Coliban - Australia
¿ Coliban :
• 126 000 m3/d in Australia,
• in operation since April, 2002
Raw water
• Immersed Membranes (cmf-s) operated by
Pump
Veolia Water
• Main Objectives: clarification and disinfection
Coagulation
Floculation
Microfiltration
Ozone
Filtration
GAC
Post
treatment
Drinking water
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example disinfection + pesticides :
Clay-Lane (UK) :
CAG + UF on groundwater -
• Objective : Pesticides + Cryptosporidium
• Capacité : 160 000 m3/j
Raw water
• Ozone + GAC for pesticides (1996)
• UF for Cryptosporidium
Pump
• Operated since Feb, 2001 by Veolia Water
Ozone
GAC
Ultrafiltration
Post
treatment
Drinking water
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example disinfection + pesticides + nitrates :
Magenta (F)
Raw water
Pump
• Removal of DOC, nitrate and pesticides with NF
Coagulation
Floculation
• Physical Disinfection
settler •Removal of turbidity
Sand • Capacity 2600 m3/d
filtration
• Operated since 2000 by Veolia water
Cart. filter
Nanofiltration
Post
treatment
Drinking Water Raw water Treated w
Average turbidity 18 NTU 0,1 NTU
Max. turbidity 82 NTU 0,26 NTU
NO3 : Average 37 mg/l 12 mg/l
NO3 : maximum 52 mg/l 18 mg/l 7
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Example disinfection + pesticides + nitrates :
Méry sur Oise (F)
• Main objectives: BDOC removal,
pesticides removal, partial softening
Raw water • 140 MLD, operated by Veolia Water since
Pump 1999
Coagulation • World ’s largest nanofiltration plant for
Floculation
surface water
Settler
• NF 200 membrane, jointly developed
Ozonation
with DOW
Dualmedia
filter
Card. Filter
Nanofiltration
Post
treatment
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Drinking water
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Example of desalination plant : Ashkelon (Israel)
Raw water
Pump
•Water desalination (TDS < 300 mg/l)
Coagulation
• Bore < 0,4 mg/l
Dualmedia
filter
• Physical disinfection
• capacity 326 000 m3/j
Cart. Filter
• Operated since sept 2005 by Veolia
Reverse Osmosis water/IDE
Post
treatment
Drinking water
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Design - Reverse Osmosis
4 pass RO design
1st pass 45% recovery
Part of first pass permeate is fed to the
final permeate
2nd pass
z 85% recovery
z High pH for boron removal
z antiscalant
z Permeate from 2nd pass is part of final
product
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Design – Reverse Osmosis
Brine from 2nd pass feed to 3rd pass
3rd pass –
z 85% recovery
z Low pH
4th pass treats permeate from 3rd pass to
remove any remaining boron
4th pass
z 90% recovery
z High pH
z Antiscalant
z Permeate part of
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Design – Reverse Osmosis
Number of RO trains
z 32 for 1st pass
z 8 for 2nd pass
z 2 for 3rd and 4th
passes
Membrane elements
z 25,600 SWRO type
z 15,600 BWRO type
z Dow Filmtec
membranes
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Design – Process Schematic
Intake H2SO4 FeCl3 Polymer Micronic Filters Membranes 1st stage
NaOCl 6x 16trains
3x
Boosters HP pumps
4x 4x
Static mixer
Boosters
Dual media Filters NaHSO3 10x
20 filters
Air blowers
2x
DWEERS
Boosters 40x
3x
Micronic Filters
Filtered water tank 8x
Backwash pumps
3x
Drain
Backwash tank
H2SO4 NaOCl Membranes 3rd stage H2SO4
1 train
3/2
6x Membranes 2nd stage
Air blowers Limestone 2x
2x filters NaOH Antiscalant
3/1
2x
Membranes 4th stage 2/2
1 train
To client 1 train
NaOH 4/2 2/1
Degasifier
NaOCl 3 trains
4/1 Degasifier 4x
2x
3000 m3 Antiscalant
Ashkelon desalination plant
NaOH
Process diagram
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Example of MBR : the Biosep process
Perthes en Gatinais
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TECHNOLOGY of the BIOSEP
PROCESS
Raw
waste water
Permeate/Backwash
pump
Fine screening
1-2 mm
Biological
Activated Sludge
Permeate Treated water
tank ( permeate )
Sludge extraction
pump
To sludge dewatering
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Air Blower
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BIOSEP® – Perthes en gatinais
Water Quality
Parameters Unit Raw water Treated water
Moy Min Max Moy Min Max
COD mg/l 448 231 549 26.5 5 40
BOD5 mg/l 198 144 238 ≤5 ≤5 ≤5
SS mg/l 224 97.5 334 ≤ sd ≤ sd 5
NT mg/l 42.6 25.9 66.7 7.8 5.2 21.3
N-NH4 mg/l 33.1 24.3 43.2 0.6 0.0 2.2
N-NO2 mg/l 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
N-NO3 mg/l 0.2 0.0 1.1 6 3.2 21.2
Pt mg/l 9.1 7.8 10.7 0.3 0.1 0.9
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Cooperl, 2003, Reuse treatment in F&B with BiOSEPTM and RO
producing1000 m3/d (2003)
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Illawarra NSW, Design Build, 2004
Wollongong Primary Screening Biological Nutrient Removal Clarification
and Sedimentation BNR
NH3 TDS = 800 mg/L
Industrial Customers
Microfiltration
Cl2
Tertiary Filtration RO Units Product Water
TDS < 50 mg/L
MF Backwash
uv
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UV Ocean Outfall
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Kwinana Water Reclamation Plant Case Study (2004)
Using a sophisticated dual-membrane technology
Objective
Recycling wastewater from Perth’s Capacity
Woodman Point Waste Water 16,700 m3/day and upgradable
Treatment Plant for industrial reuse
to 26,700 m3/day
Technology
Dual-membrane technology
microfiltration (submerged
continuous microfiltration CMF-
S) and reverse osmosis
Quality of water
High quality treated water will be
used by industrial customers:
TDS guaranteed by Veolia: 50
mg/L
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Jean-Christophe Schrotter
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Kranji Plant (53 000 m3/d)
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Jean-Christophe Schrotter
TRANSPORTS SERVICES ENERGETIQUES PROPRETE EAU
The biggest municipal wastewater reuse plant in Europe
upgradin intermedi
g of ate
biological secondar
process y
pumping
Barcelona
50 millions m3/year
UV Filtration Ballasted
secondary Settling
(Hydrotech (ACTIFLO®)
disinfection Discfilter)
2500 m3/day
post micro- reverse
Aquifer recharge to
secondary filtration avoid salt-intrusion
disinfection
osmosis
172,800 m3/day
ecological flow of
Llobregat river
oxygen 64,800 m3/day
saturatio
n irrigation of farm areas
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34,560 m3/day
Jean-Christophe Schrotter recharge of wetlands
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Direct drinking water production :
Windhoeck Plant (Namibia)
Pre O3 coag flottation filtration ozonation
DAM floc
KMnO4 H2O2
WWTP
O3
UF membranes GAC BAC
Cl2 NaOH
21 000 m3/d
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Jean-Christophe Schrotter
TRANSPORTS SERVICES ENERGETIQUES PROPRETE EAU
Windhoeck
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Jean-Christophe Schrotter
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KEY OPERATING LESSONS
• Adequate training and operating procedures are essential (key
possible failures, cleaning, recommended first actions)
• Need for operator-support tools to help develop a continuous
diagnostic of the hydraulics/behaviour of the plant and
anticipate problems ASAP (smart but robust interface between
supervision and operators)
• Access to strong chemical/biochemical analytical backup
possible fouling/cleaning diagnostic (some applications are
tough!)
• Integration of Membrane operations into global water and
waste operating scheme (sludge disposal, pre-treatment,
pollution prevention plans as well as possible process water
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segregation)
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CONCLUSIONS :
z Membranes and Membrane Processes are not Magical!!
Their implementation at very large scale still represents
an unacceptable level of technico-economical risk today
for some applications.
z The challenge : Find the right place for these tools into
our toolbox, develop the right process trains for each
application, develop robust adapted operating
practices, minimizing technical and financial risks
z Membranes need to be forgotten, or seen as only part of
the treatment solution in order to gain full potential in
Water and Wastewater Treatment
z Think and focus on treatment train rather than
individual processes ! 25
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Thank you
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