Biwater AEWT (BAEWT)
has been awarded a contract to Design and Supply the Lake Region Water
Treatment Plant with a Reverse Osmosis (RO) Membrane Treatment System.
The RO System will treat raw water from the Floridian
Aquifer wells to a potable water quality with a total permeate capacity of 9.5
million gallons per day (MGD).
The RO system was designed to treat Florida’s ever-growing need for clean
water.
The RO System consists of four 2.375 MGD trains based
on a 2-stage design. There are a total
of 57 pressure vessels (38 1st stage PV, and 19 2nd stage
PV) with each vessel housing 7 membrane elements. This configuration allowed for the most
efficient use of energy with a design recovery rate of 80%.
The RO System was supplied complete with skid mounted
sample panels, framework, pressure vessels, membranes, and all interconnecting
pipework and valves.
The Lake Region WTP was officially commissioned in
March 2009, 5 months sooner than the anticipated date in August, and currently
serves approximately 25,000 residents in Belle
Glade and the surrounding cities.
Biwater AEWT, Inc.
has supplied a total plant capacity of more than 421 MGD to date.