HomeMy WebLinkAbout97.Item 8 PPP 11-14-18 Admin Committee Meeting - Research ProgramNovember 2018
Jeff Brown, Sr. Engineer
Engineering Planning
Research and Innovation at OCSD
Research & Innovation Is Part of OCSD
Organizational Standards
•“Maintain a culture of improving efficiency”
•“Ensure the public’s money is wisely spent”
Research occurs throughout OCSD
•O&M (treatment process efficiency improvements); Engineering (Odor
Control Master Plan); Ocean Monitoring (outfall plume fate and effects);
Laboratory (trace contaminants measurements); Environmental
Compliance (first nationally certified biosolids management plan)
Participation with other organizations
•Local: SCCWRP; NWRI; universities
•National: Water Research Foundation (WRF/WERF)
What Does Research Address?
Current Issues
•Ferric chloride dependence reduction study (response to prices )
Future Needs –definite
•Secondary treatment process options
Future Needs –alternatives
•Collection system odor / corrosion control
•Two alternatives identified for superoxygenation
•Energy production and full resource recovery operation
•Food waste co-digestion (new discoveries with Bucknell University)
•Supercritical oxidation (potential for outside agencies and funding)
Notable Successes
Biological odor control scrubbers replace chemicals
Microfiltration research
•Provided data for GWRS design
Fuel cell demonstration
•World’s first tri-generation (hydrogen/electricity/heat)
•Jointly with UC Riverside
•Gained international attention
Current Project Examples
Wet Well Wizard
•Odor control in pump station wet wells
Biogas cleaning
•Replace chemicals with water
International Technology Approval Group (iTAG)
Global innovation forum for water / wastewater utilities
2005: Started in United Kingdom and Europe
2011: First US regional group (OCSD as first member)
Currently on 5 continents; includes 40+ US utilities
Local region wastewater utility members:
•OCSD; LACSD; Inland Empire Utilities; Moulton Niguel WD; Denver Metro; Monterey One Water; South Tahoe PUD; South Platte Water (Colorado); Cities of Escondido, Thousand Oaks, Roseville, Santa Barbara
iTAG Technologies’ Countries of Origin
(230 technologies
through 6/2018)USA:
47%
Canada:
7%
UK + Ireland:
19%
Europe:
15%
Australia &
N.Z.:
8%
South America:
1%
Middle East:
1%
Scandinavia:
2%
Finances
* FY 2017/18 -FY 2022/23
Research Budget $ 8.5 million / 6 years *
Research Memberships (annual)
So. Cal. Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP)$ 450,000
Water Research Foundation (WRF/WERF)$ 89,000
National Water Research Institute (NWRI)$ 50,000
International Technology Approval Group (iTAG)$ 30,000
Questions?