AWWA MTC64549

A resort community in the mountains of south-central New Mexico has faced severe watershortages for several years. After a fruitless search for new sources of water, the village hasdecided to pursue indirect potable reuse of wastewater to supplement the groundwater supply.The wastewater plant will be retrofitted with membrane bioreactor technology, followed byreverse osmosis. The wastewater plant effluent will be stored in a reservoir to provide anenvironmental barrier, then mixed with the existing groundwater supply and treated in a watertreatment plant using ultrafiltration and granular activated carbon. The process train wasselected to provide redundancy for protecting public health, encourage acceptance by the public,and facilitate regulatory approval. Regulatory issues were challenging because this project is thefirst planned indirect reuse of wastewater for drinking water in the state of New Mexico. Includes 6 references, table, figure.

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Edition:

Vol. - No.

Published:

03/01/2007

Number of Pages:

7

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1 file , 290 KB