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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 13 PPP 11-07-18 Ops Meeting - Research Program 50 SIG Research and Innovation a r Research & Innovation Is Part of OCSD Organizational Standards • "Maintain a culture of improving efficiency" • "Ensure the public's money is wisely spent" esea rch 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 articipation with other organizations • Local : SCCWRP; NWRI; universities • National : Water Research Foundation (WRF/WERF) What Does Research Address ? urrent Issues • Ferric chloride dependence reduction study (response to prices ) uture 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 iological odor control scrubbers replace chemicals uel cell demonstration • Jointly with UC Riverside I World's first tri- eneration • Gained international (hydrogen/electricity/heat) f attention �� icrofiltration research • Provided data for GWRS design Current Project Examples J et Well Wizard _ • Odor control in pump station wet wells -3 J iogas cleaning Wet Gas "ahe-up Water • Replace chemicals Rearculabon Pump iTyp-3) with water 6logas Smbber lTyp 71 International Technology Approval Group iTAG • Global innovation forum for water / wastewater utilities • 2005 : Started in United Kingdom and Europe w ISle • 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 Europe: UK + Ireland: 15% 19% Australia & N.Z.: 8% South America: Canada: 1% 7% — Middle East: 1% Scandinavia: 2% (230 technologies USA: through 6/2018) 47% Finances 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 * FY 2017/18 - FY 2022/23 Questions ?