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Case Study: Tampa Bay Surface Water Treatment Plant
In a carefully orchestrated effort between Veolia Water North America and Black & Veatch (construction managers), Camp Dresser & McKee (engineer of record), Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC (general contractor) and Southern Power & Controls (electrical subcontractor), facility modifications to the Tampa Bay Surface Water Treatment Plant performed over the past 20 months will provide the plant with a maximum capacity of 120 million gallons of water per day (MGD) and the ability to achieve a daily average of 99 MGD – doubling the plantʼs previous faculty.
Through the combined processes of chemical injection, oxidation, particle separation, ozone disinfection and secondary disinfection, the state-of-the-art plant will continue to supply drinking water to residents of the Tampa Bay area.
When complete, this project included:
A 15kV main switchgear as the primary means of power distribution
Two 1,250kW generators (with paralleling SWGR) as emergency backup
A plant water booster station
Alkalinity adjustment facility
Modern security system
This lineup provides power to eight transformers – ranging from 750kVA to 2,000kVA – which in turn power the existing plant as well as the five new electrical rooms and all associated process systems. Through extensive coordination and thorough planning, the plant has remained fully operational for all but four weeks of what will be a 24-month-long project.
Southern Power & Controls also completed an expansion and retrofit for the 12-million-gal. per day capacity Northwest Regional Water Reclamation Facility in Tampa, Fla. Crews installed a 4,000 amp double-ended switchboard and two 2,250kW standby diesel engine driven generators with a PLC transfer scheme. The job also included construction of five separate electrical buildings, installation of a state-of-the-art ultra-violet disinfection system with uninterruptible power supply, and the modernization and integration of multiple biological treatment applications.