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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)
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attention ��
icrofiltration research
• Provided data for GWRS
design
Current Project Examples
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• Odor control in pump
station wet wells
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"ahe-up Water
• Replace chemicals Rearculabon Pump iTyp-3)
with water
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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 ?