Conventional DAF Meets Site‐Specific Requirements

Abstract

The new Peekskill (New York) Water Treatment Plant faced several design complexities, including connecting the new facility and high‐service pumps to the existing clearwell without interrupting service; installing a new intake; and managing a project site underlain with bedrock, requiring costly excavation. An award‐winning approach was used to optimize the conventional dissolved air flotation (DAF) process and include a pump station that allowed the plant to be constructed at grade, minimizing excavation.