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Advanced Computer Simulation and Optimization for Water Engineering

BLUE PLAN-IT® DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM

What is Blue Plan-it®?Blue Plan-it® (BPI) Decision Support System is a fully customizable integration, simulation, and optimization model suite developed by Carollo. Using a commercially available ExtendSim® platform, BPI connects with SQL servers, Tethys Platform, web GIS, a series of external dashboards, business intelligence tools, and specialty model applications to support our clients in making decisions for complex water system challenges.

Integrated with our 80+ years of water engineering expertise, this powerful tool allows our engineers to incorporate chemistry, biology, hydraulics, treatability, regulations, equipment data, cost estimates, and financial and statistics analyses into one platform.

Key Features of Blue Plan-it®

Using the following key features, BPI offers many benefits to our clients, including rapid system configuration, instant mass balance calculation, fast alternative comparison, pre-investment virtual system simulation, dynamic capital improvement planning, real-time financial and pay-back

assessment, systemwide operation optimization, etc. Using story-telling scenario management skills and contemporary visualization techniques, BPI supports decision making and communication of complex messages to stakeholders.

Treatment Alternative Analyzer (TA2®)• Copy and paste baseline train to

build alternatives.

• Compare performance and costs side-by-side.

Sensitivity Analysis• Convenient scenario manager.

• Assess impacts of selected parameters on performance, costs, and more.

• Export results and plots to Excel, Tableau, or Power BI.

Monte Carlo Analysis• Using repeated randomness to

solve complex problems.

• Microbial risk assessment.

• Water infrastructure resilience to earthquake and hurricane.

Intelligent Process Flow Diagram (iPFD) • Combine process flow diagram

and mass balance calculations.

• Friendly drag-n-link interface.

What-if Analysis• Real-time virtual system

simulation.

• Steady state and extended time.

• Evaluate proposed capital projects and operation strategies before implementing.

Optimizer• Powerful genetic algorithm.

• Seek for optimized solutions (e.g., most economical design and operation to achieve target goals).

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One Model, Many SolutionsThe BPI Decision Support System offers a wide range of tailored applications that utilize the above features to provide a range of tailored services and products to our clients throughout planning, testing, design, construction management, and operation. In summary, BPI is One Model, Many Solutions and One Model, All Project Phases.

Integrated Water Master Plan

Operation Optimization

Model

Financial AnalysisPayback Analysis

Chemistry and Water Treatability

Dynamic Capital Improvement Plan

Concentrated Accelerated Motivated

Problem Solver

Microbial Risk Assessment

Capital, O&M and Life-Cycle Cost

Estimates

Reliability and Risk Assessment

BPI Case Studies BPI has been widely utilized in water resource management, master planning, treatment of surface water, groundwater and wastewater, water reuse, residuals handling, biosolids management, desalination and concentrate management, corrosion and stability assessment, industrial wastewater treatment and water balance, distribution system water quality, reliability and risk assessment. Below are some example applications of BPI.

One Water LAUsing BPI, Carollo led the One Water LA 2040 Plan for the City of Los Angeles, a historic and game-changing water planning effort. The model was configured to account for all the City’s key water supply sources, including a dozen sewersheds, four wastewater treatment plants, and hundreds of miles of storm drains and channels.

Carbon Management ToolThe BPI Carbon Management Tool analyzes carbon management strategies for wastewater treatment plants. It provides an integrated platform for assessing treated water quality focusing on nutrients versus available soluble biodegradable COD with real-time analysis of operational costs. It is instrumental for optimizing dosing of external carbon source, digestion and methane recovery, and cogeneration and fermentation.

Industrial Water Balance and Wastewater TreatmentBPI provides an integrated systemwide water balance analysis, monitoring and management tool to assist our private sector clients in managing their water resources. Besides tracking water and wastewater streams in a contemporary and effective way, BPI offers much more to optimize water supply and waste treatment systems.