Authors:
J. Civardi, Dr. T. Lebeau
American Membrane Technology Association Annual Conference on July 12, 2010
Abstract
The City of New Brunswick, New Jersey provides water to approximately 60,000 people including parts of the campus of Rutgers University. In the mid 1800s, a water system was developed that initially consisted of a “raw water basin” and an extensive network of distribution system piping. In 1916, a filter plant was constructed that had a capacity of 12 MGD and included two concrete sedimentation basins and eight dual media gravity filters. In order to meet increasing demands, eight additional pressure filters were added in 1935 which provided an additional 6 MGD of filtration capacity. Since 1935, the plant capacity has not expanded and work has consisted predominantly of rehabilitation of existing systems. Figure 1 is a process of flow diagram of the system (prior to the membrane improvements project).
