Completed Project Tasks:
1. A Project Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) consisting of state and federal regulatory personnel was created and includes representatives of USEPA, ASDWA, Alaska, California, Indiana, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey and Ohio.
2. A web site was created and can be found at www.unh.edu/uv-gw . The site has been inactive of late but will contain all pertinent project data and key findings as they develop.
3. The design of the full-scale UV system for the South Berwick Water District has been finalized, equipment fabricated and delivered to the South Berwick pump house. The equipment will run at typical system flows of 250 to 290 gpm and deliver the agreed upon UV dosage of 50 mW-sec/cm2. All equipment has been checked out and is awaiting pump house piping modifications that should be completed soon. It is hoped that South Berwick will be on-line by June 15, 1998.
On-Going Project Tasks:
1. The design of the full-scale UV system for the Indianapolis Water Company (IWC) has been finalized. Discussions between IWC and Trojan Technologies on specific installation requirements have proceeded slowly. Recent assurances from IWC that they will now move quickly to install UV equipment and begin operation improve the project schedule. It is hoped that IWC will be on-line in Summer 1998.
2. As implied in 3 and 4, data collection has not begun. All protocols are in place and data generation and analysis will begin in June 1998.
3. A contract between UNH and Black and Veatch (B&V) was finalized in February 1998 so engineering cost analysis by B&V will commence as the data needed is generated.
Overall Project Status:
The project was initiated on June 1, 1997 with a total budget of $150,000. The initial project schedule allowed for 6 months of UV system planning, design and installation, 12 months of continuous pilot-plant operation, data collection and monitoring and 6 months to prepare, revise, deliver and publish the final project report. As a result, the project end date is set at June 1, 1999. Given the initial delays, twelve months of pilot testing will now take the project well into July 1999. It is proposed that at an appropriate future time, the project apply to AWWARF/EPRI for a six month no cost extension. This would allow the full 12 months of pilot testing and provide ample time for final reporting. The project budget has not been affected by the delays due to the fact that a large percentage of the initial project costs are provided as in-kind services by the project TEAM. As of March 1, 1998, less than $10,000 of the project budget has been expended.
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Last updated April 8, 1998