advanced technologies in real-time monitoring and modeling for drinking water safety and security
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Advanced Technologies in Real-Time Monitoring and Modeling for Drinking Water Safety and Security. June 27-28, 2002 Ron Hunsinger Manager of Water Quality Oakland, California. East Bay Municipal Utility District. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Advanced Technologies in Real-Time Monitoring and Modeling for Drinking Water
Safety and Security
June 27-28, 2002
Ron Hunsinger
Manager of Water Quality
Oakland, California
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East Bay Municipal Utility District
EBMUD supplies water to 1.3 million people in the East Bay area (San Francisco Bay) in California
90% of water supply is from Sierra Nevada Mountains
10% is from local watersheds
EBMUD owns and manages: 55,000 acres of watershed, 7 reservoirs, 6 treatment plants, 122 pressure zones (sea level – 1,450 ft), and 3,900 miles of distribution pipe
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Utility Safety Concerns
Physical
Contamination
Cyber
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Current MonitoringDesigned to meet regulatory and operational needs• Source, Treatment & Distribution
• On-line and Grab Samples
Current ModelHydraulic
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“One of the most challenging feats for those responsible for the public health is the interpretation of information in real time with inadequate or incomplete data.”
Dr. Marcelle Layton, Head of Communicable Diseases from the New York City Bureau of Communicable Diseases (NYCDOH)
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Model Needs
Water Quality Model including properties of probable agentsFast
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Sensor Needs
Address contaminants of concern
Reliable!
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AWWRF Book “On-Line
Monitoring for Drinking Water
Utilities”
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ISO Performance Characteristics
Response time
Day-to-day repeatability
Linearity
Coefficient of variation
Limit of detection
Limit of quantitation
Memory effects
Repeatability
Lowest detectable change
Trueness
Short & long-term drift
Interference
Ruggedness
Availability
Up-time
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Implementation Issues
Sampling System
Data Collection and Use
Training
Integration
Location
Maintenance
Quality Assurance
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Cost/Benefit
Cost• Capital/Operating Costs
Benefits• Ability to produce consistent high quality
water• Better use of personnel• Early warning of problems• Automatic report generation• Chemical savings
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AWWARF Resources
Design of Early Warning and Predictive Source-Water Monitoring Systems [#2527] Contractor: Walter Grayman Consulting Engineer and University of Michigan
On-line Monitoring for Drinking Water Utilities [#2545]Contractor: AWWA Research Foundation and CRS PROAQUA Practical Application of On-Line Monitoring [#2516]Contractor: McGuire Environmental Consultants, Inc. Innovative Systems for Early Warning Water Monitoring [#2779] Contractor: Kiwa N.V.
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AWWARF Resources (Cont’d)
Advancement Of Early Warning System Technologies – Phase 1 (RFP 2852) Contractor: To be selected (Proposals due July 15, 2002, RFP available at www.awwarf.com) Inventory and Assess Analytic Capabilities of Existing Monitoring Technologies for Use as Early Warning/Real-Time Systems Technologies Contractor: To be determined Extraction Methods for Early/Real-time Warning Systems for Biological Agents Contractor: To be determined