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- Run the plant, fix any leaks or problems
- Art, Mike
- Calibrate all turbidity meters using standards from Ian
- Develop protocol for plant maintenance to ensure that collected data is not affected by dirty turbidimeters
- Develop plan to set alum dose appropriately (see above)
- Determine procedure for taking turbidity profiles for consistency and to make results comparable
- Testing will likely take place on weekends, when turbidity will not fluctuate greatly, and each setup can be run for an hour or so.
- Collect turbidity profiles for different baffle arrangements and tapered vs. non-tapered arrangements
- Compile data, analyze, graph results
_FReTA Comparison_
- Set up FReTA to be used with the tube flocculator (three way comparison between CUWFP's flocculated water, the tube flocculated water, and the pilot plant flocculator)
- FReTA will be tested with floc tank water and hopefully with help from Chris Bordelmay and Tom Rapalee from the Cornell plant, after the treatment plant's flocculation
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Submissions for end of semester
- New, easy to construct, easy to adjust more robust baffle system
- Method for obtaining turbidity profiles
- Table of conversions of PAC dosing to alum dosing
- Turbidity profiles for different baffle arrangements and for tapered vs. non-tapered baffles
- Settling velocity data for Pilot Plant FReTa
- Comparison of Pilot Plant FReTa results with lab results
- A fully functioning, practical pilot plant with concise instructions on how to use, maintain, etc. for transfer of knowledge to future PP teams.