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ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY, PETALUMA, CA. North Bay Watershed Association December 7, 2007. Existing Wastewater Treatment Facility. Two treatment plants 950 Hopper Street First built 1938 Preliminary, Primary, Secondary 4400 Lakeville Highway Built 1972 Secondary, Disinfection
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ELLIS CREEK WATER RECYCLING FACILITY, PETALUMA, CA North Bay Watershed Association December 7, 2007 CouncilUpdateJan702pet104i2-6069.ppt
Existing Wastewater Treatment Facility • Two treatment plants • 950 Hopper Street • First built 1938 • Preliminary, Primary, Secondary • 4400 Lakeville Highway • Built 1972 • Secondary, Disinfection • Capacity ADWF = 5.2 mgd • Current flow = 4.5 mgd (86%)
Ox. Ponds 36” Force Main Hopper Street 3 Pet600xi1
Hopper Street WWTP Trickling Filter (1937) Trickling Filter (1953) Sedimentation Tank (1937) Pet600xi1
Recycled Water • Treated water released to Petaluma River November – April • Recycle May – October • 2 golf courses, vineyard, 700 acres agricultural land • Recycle 700 mg/year (35% of influent)
Need for New Facility • Increase capacity to 6.7 mgd • Meet increasingly strict regulatory requirements • Improve reliability • Produce tertiary recycled water • Irrigate areas dependent on potable water • Locally controlled water supply
Environmental Features Farmhouse and Outbuildings Non-Tidal Portion, Potential for CRLF Cypress Entrance Rookery Tree Ellis Creek Riparian Corridor Trees Between “Mouse Head” and “Mouse Body” Ponds-Potential for Nesting Raptors Pond 8 Pond 10 Pond 9 Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse, Mud Flats, Rail Habitat and Wetlands Exclusion Clapper Rail Habitat
Wetlands Flow Schematic De Cl2 AG Reuse Cl2 Cl2 From Pond 7 River Discharge Pond 10 Treatment Wetlands Pond 9 Treatment Wetlands Chlorine Contact (during reuse periods) Polishing Wetland Cell A Polishing Wetland Cell B Polishing Wetland Cell C Note: Wetlands are treatment units, not waters of the state
Funding • Line of credit – jump start project • State Revolving Fund loan - $125 million (program was dormant for 2 years!) • State Coastal Conservancy - $2 million • Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation & Open Space District - $2 million
Utility Investment Program • January ’07 Council adopted 5-year investment program for water & wastewater utility • Rates are competitive with other Sonoma County communities
Outreach • Notices to all property owners & utility customers • Hotline for rate questions • 4 public meetings • Advertisement in local newspaper • Mailer to all customers
Construction Update • Contractor NTP October 2005 (Corps permit rec’d day before) • Start Up Scheduled September 2008 • Completion June 2009
Construction Team • Engineer – Carollo Engineers • Construction Manager – The Covello Group • Environmental – ESA • Programming – ArcSine Engineering • Contractor – Kiewit Pacific
Operations, Lab, Maintenance and Administration Building • LEED Silver Rating • Daylighting • Sun Shading
Headworks-Oxidation Ditch- Secondary Clarifiers-Solids Handling