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Page 1: NJCAT TECHNOLOGY VERIFICATION Hydroworks HG 6 Separator ... · hat the Hydroworks HG 6 separator satisfies the performance claim made by Hydroworks, LLC. 1.3 Technology Description

NJC

AT

TE

CH

NO

LO

GY

VE

RIF

ICA

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Hyd

row

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tor

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row

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LC

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TA

BL

E O

F C

ON

TE

NT

S

Lis

to

fF

igu

res

iii

Lis

to

fT

able

s i

v

1.

Intr

oduct

ion

1

1.1

NJC

AT

Pro

gra

m1

1.2

Tec

hn

olo

gy

Ver

ific

atio

nR

epo

rt2

1.3

Tec

hnolo

gy

Des

crip

tion

2

1.3

.1T

ech

no

log

yS

tatu

s2

1.3

.2S

pec

ific

Ap

pli

cabil

ity

3

1.3

.3R

ang

e o

f C

on

tam

inan

t C

har

acte

rist

ics

3

1.3

.4R

ange

of

Sit

eC

har

acte

rist

ics

3

1.3

.5M

ater

ial

Over

vie

w, H

andli

ng a

nd S

afet

y

4

1.4

Pro

ject

Des

crip

tion

4

1.5

Key

Conta

cts

5

2.

Eval

uat

ion

of

the

App

lica

nt

5

2.1

Co

rpo

rate

His

tory

5

2.2

Org

aniz

atio

nan

dM

anag

emen

t5

2.3

Op

erat

ing

Exp

erie

nce

wit

h P

rop

ose

d T

ech

no

log

y

6

2.4

Pat

ents

6

2.5

Tec

hn

ical

Res

ou

rces

, S

taff

an

d C

apit

al E

qu

ipm

ent

6

3.

Tre

atm

ent

Sy

stem

Des

crip

tio

n7

4.

Tec

hn

ical

Per

form

ance

Cla

im9

5.

Tre

atm

ent

Sy

stem

Per

form

ance

10

5.1

Lab

ora

tory

Tes

ting

10

5.1

.1T

est

Fac

ilit

yD

escr

ipti

on

10

5.1

.2In

stru

men

tati

on

an

d M

easu

rin

g T

ech

niq

ues

11

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5.2

Tes

tP

roce

dure

s14

5.2

.1P

has

e 1

- R

e-en

trai

nm

ent

and

Was

ho

ut

14

5.2

.2P

has

e 2

– H

yd

rau

lic

Cap

acit

y a

nd C

har

acte

rist

ics

15

5.2

.3P

has

e 3 –

Sed

imen

t R

emoval

Eff

icie

ncy

Tes

ting

15

5.3

Ver

ific

atio

nP

roce

du

res

16

5.3

.1L

abo

rato

ryT

esti

ng

Res

ult

s16

5.4

Mai

nte

nan

ce20

6.

Tec

hn

ical

Ev

alu

atio

nA

nal

ysi

s21

6.1

Ver

ific

atio

no

fP

erfo

rman

ceC

laim

21

6.2

Lim

itat

ions

21

6.2

.1F

acto

rsC

ausi

ng

Un

der

-Per

form

ance

21

6.2

.2P

oll

uta

nt

Tra

nsf

orm

atio

n a

nd

Rel

ease

22

6.2

.3S

ensi

tivit

yto

Hea

vy

Lo

adin

g22

6.2

.4M

osq

uit

oes

22

7.

Net

En

vir

onm

enta

lB

enef

it22

8.

Ref

eren

ces

23

App

endix

A24

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Lis

t o

f F

igu

res

Fig

ure

1 H

ydro

work

s H

G O

per

atio

n –

Pla

n V

iew

7

Fig

ure

2 H

ydro

work

s H

G O

per

atio

n –

Pro

file

Vie

w9

Fig

ure

3T

est

Sed

imen

tM

ixP

SD

13

Fig

ure

4 R

e-en

trai

nm

ent

Eff

luen

t S

amp

le C

once

ntr

atio

ns

at 5

0%

Load

ing C

apac

ity

17

Fig

ure

5 H

G 6

Rem

oval

Eff

icie

ncy

Curv

e20

Fig

ure

A.1

Hy

dro

wo

rks

HG

6 T

est

Un

it

25

Fig

ure

A.2

Ald

en’s

Sto

rmw

ater

Lab

ora

tory

Flo

wL

oop

26

Fig

ure

A.3

Pre

ssu

reT

apL

oca

tio

ns

27

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Lis

t o

f T

ab

les

Tab

le 1

Hydro

work

s H

G S

epar

ator

Dim

ensi

on

s* a

nd

Flo

w r

ates

3

Tab

le 2

Max

imu

m R

eco

mm

end

ed I

nle

tpip

eD

iam

eter

4

Tab

le 3

Tes

t S

edim

ent

Mix

Usi

ng

Co

mm

erci

ally

Av

aila

ble

US

Sil

ica

San

d13

Tab

le 4

Sed

imen

t R

emo

val

Eff

icie

ncy

Tes

tin

g S

um

mar

y/M

od

ifie

d m

ass

bal

ance

met

ho

d19

Tab

le 5

Sed

imen

t R

emo

val

Wei

gh

ted

Eff

icie

ncy

20

iv

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1.

Intr

od

uct

ion

1.1

N

ew

Jer

sey C

orp

ora

tion

for

Ad

van

ced

Tec

hn

olo

gy (

NJC

AT

) P

rogra

m

NJC

AT

is

a n

ot-

for-

pro

fit

corp

ora

tio

n t

o p

rom

ote

in N

ew J

erse

y t

he

rete

nti

on a

nd g

row

th o

f

tech

no

log

y-b

ased

bu

sin

esse

s in

em

erg

ing

fie

lds

such

as

env

iro

nm

enta

l an

d e

ner

gy

tec

hn

olo

gie

s.

NJC

AT

p

rov

ides

in

no

vat

ors

w

ith

the

reg

ula

tory

, co

mm

erci

al,

tech

nolo

gic

al

and

finan

cial

assi

stan

ce r

equ

ired

to

bri

ng

th

eir

idea

s to

mar

ket

succ

essf

ull

y.

Sp

ecif

ical

ly,

NJC

AT

fu

nct

ion

s to

:

Ad

van

ce

po

licy

st

rate

gie

s an

d

reg

ula

tory

m

ech

anis

ms

to

pro

mo

te

tech

no

log

y

com

mer

cial

izat

ion

;

Iden

tify

, ev

alu

ate,

an

d r

eco

mm

end

sp

ecif

ic t

ech

no

log

ies

for

wh

ich

th

e re

gu

lato

ry a

nd

com

mer

cial

izat

ion

pro

cess

sh

ou

ld b

e fa

cili

tate

d;

Fac

ilit

ate

fun

din

g a

nd

co

mm

erci

al r

elat

ion

ship

s/al

lian

ces

to b

rin

g n

ew t

ech

no

log

ies

to m

ark

et a

nd

new

bu

sin

ess

to t

he

stat

e; a

nd

Ass

ist

in

the

iden

tifi

cati

on

o

f m

ark

ets

and

ap

pli

cati

on

s fo

r co

mm

erci

aliz

ed

tech

no

log

ies.

Th

e te

chn

olo

gy

ver

ific

atio

n p

rog

ram

sp

ecif

ical

ly e

nco

ura

ges

coll

abora

tio

n b

etw

een

ven

do

rs a

nd

use

rs o

f te

chn

olo

gy

. T

hro

ug

h t

his

pro

gra

m,

team

s of

acad

emic

an

d b

usi

nes

s p

rofe

ssio

nal

s ar

e

form

ed t

o i

mp

lem

ent

a co

mpre

hen

siv

e ev

alu

atio

n o

f v

end

or

spec

ific

per

form

ance

cla

ims.

T

hu

s,

sup

pli

ers

hav

e th

e co

mpet

itiv

e ed

ge

of

an i

ndep

enden

t th

ird p

arty

confi

rmat

ion o

f cl

aim

s.

Purs

uan

t to

N.J

.S.A

. 13:1

D-1

34 e

t se

q.

(Ener

gy

an

d E

nv

iro

nm

enta

l T

ech

nolo

gy

Ver

ific

atio

n

Pro

gra

m)

the

New

Jer

sey

Dep

artm

ent

of

En

vir

on

men

tal

Pro

tect

ion

(N

JDE

P)

and

NJC

AT

hav

e

esta

bli

shed

a

Per

form

ance

P

artn

ersh

ip

Ag

reem

ent

(PP

A)

wh

ereb

y

NJC

AT

p

erfo

rms

the

tech

no

log

y v

erif

icat

ion

rev

iew

an

d N

JDE

P c

erti

fies

th

e n

et b

enef

icia

l en

vir

on

men

tal

effe

ct o

f th

e

tech

no

log

y.

In

ad

dit

ion

, N

JDE

P/N

JCA

T w

ork

in

co

nju

nct

ion

to

dev

elo

p e

xp

edit

ed o

r m

ore

effi

cien

t ti

mef

ram

es f

or

rev

iew

an

d d

ecis

ion

-mak

ing

of

per

mit

s o

r ap

pro

val

s as

soci

ated

wit

h t

he

ver

ifie

d/c

erti

fied

tec

hnolo

gy.

Th

e P

PA

als

o r

equ

ires

th

at:

The

NJD

EP

sh

all

ente

r in

to

reci

pro

cal

env

iro

nm

enta

l te

chn

olo

gy

ag

reem

ents

co

nce

rnin

g

eval

uat

ion

and

ver

ific

atio

n

pro

toco

ls

wit

h

the

Un

ited

S

tate

s E

nvir

on

men

tal

Pro

tect

ion

Ag

ency

, o

ther

lo

cal

req

uir

ed o

r n

atio

nal

en

vir

on

men

tal

agen

cies

, en

titi

es o

r g

roup

s in

oth

er

stat

es

and

New

Je

rsey

fo

r th

e purp

ose

o

f en

cou

ragin

g

and

p

erm

itti

ng

the

reci

pro

cal

acce

pta

nce

of

tech

no

log

y d

ata

and

in

form

atio

n c

on

cern

ing

th

e ev

alu

atio

n a

nd

ver

ific

atio

n o

f

ener

gy

an

d e

nv

iro

nm

enta

l te

chn

olo

gie

s; a

nd

Th

e N

JDE

P s

hal

l w

ork

clo

sely

wit

h t

he

Sta

te T

reas

ure

r to

in

clu

de

in S

tate

bid

spec

ific

atio

ns,

as d

eem

ed a

pp

rop

riat

e b

y t

he

Sta

te T

reas

ure

r, a

ny

tec

hn

olo

gy

ver

ifie

d u

nd

er t

he

En

erg

y a

nd

En

vir

on

men

t T

ech

no

log

y V

erif

icat

ion

Pro

gra

m.

1

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1.2

Tec

hn

olo

gy

Ver

ific

ati

on

Rep

ort

On N

ovem

ber

26,

2008,

Hydro

work

s, L

LC

(50 S

. 21

st S

tree

t, 2

nd F

loor,

Ken

ilw

ort

h,

NJ

07033)

sub

mit

ted

a f

orm

al r

equ

est

for

par

tici

pat

ion

in t

he

NJC

AT

Tec

hnolo

gy V

erif

icat

ion P

rogra

m.

Th

e te

chn

olo

gy

pro

po

sed

– T

he

Hy

dro

wo

rks

Hy

dro

gu

ard

(H

G)

sep

arat

or

(Mo

del

HG

6)

– i

s a

cen

trif

ug

e h

yd

rod

yn

amic

sep

arat

or

des

ign

ed t

o r

emo

ve

susp

end

ed s

oli

ds

(an

d a

sso

ciat

ed m

etal

s,

nutr

ients

and b

acte

ria)

, oil

, an

d f

loat

able

s (t

rash

) fr

om

sto

rmw

ater

.

Th

e re

qu

est

(aft

er p

re-s

cree

nin

g b

y N

JCA

T s

taff

per

son

nel

in

acc

ord

ance

wit

h t

he

tech

no

logy

asse

ssm

ent

gu

idel

ines

) w

as ac

cepte

d in

to th

e v

erif

icat

ion

p

rog

ram

. T

his

v

erif

icat

ion

re

po

rt

cover

s th

e ev

aluat

ion b

ased

up

on t

he

per

form

ance

clai

m o

f th

e ven

dor,

Hydro

work

s (s

ee S

ecti

on

4).

Th

e v

erif

icat

ion

re

po

rt

dif

fers

fr

om

ty

pic

al

NJC

AT

v

erif

icat

ion

re

po

rts

in

that

fi

nal

ver

ific

atio

n o

f th

e H

yd

row

ork

s H

G 6

se

par

ator

(and su

bse

quen

t N

JDE

P ce

rtif

icat

ion

o

f th

e

tech

nolo

gy)

awai

ts c

om

ple

ted f

ield

tes

ting t

hat

mee

ts t

he

full

req

uir

emen

ts o

f th

e T

ech

no

log

y

Acc

epta

nce

an

d R

ecip

roci

ty P

artn

ersh

ip (

TA

RP

) –

Sto

rmw

ater

Bes

t M

anag

emen

t P

ract

ice

Tie

r

II P

roto

col

for

Inte

rsta

te R

ecip

roci

ty f

or

sto

rmw

ater

tre

atm

ent

tech

no

log

y.

Th

is v

erif

icat

ion

rep

ort

is

in

ten

ded

to

ev

alu

ate

the

Hy

dro

wo

rks

HG

6

se

par

ato

r p

erfo

rman

ce

clai

m

for

the

tech

no

log

y b

ased

on

car

efu

lly

co

nd

uct

ed l

abo

rato

ry s

tud

ies.

T

he

per

form

ance

cla

im i

s ex

pec

ted

to b

e m

od

ifie

d a

nd

exp

and

ed f

oll

ow

ing

co

mple

tion o

f th

e T

AR

P r

equir

ed f

ield

-tes

ting.

Th

is v

erif

icat

ion

pro

ject

pri

mar

ily

in

vo

lved

the

eval

uat

ion

of

com

pan

y m

anu

als

and

lit

erat

ure

and

a t

hir

d p

arty

lab

ora

tory

tes

t re

port

to

ver

ify t

hat

th

e H

yd

row

ork

s H

G 6

sep

arat

or

sati

sfie

s th

e

per

form

ance

cla

im m

ade

by

Hy

dro

wo

rks,

LL

C.

1.3

Tec

hn

olo

gy D

escr

ipti

on

1.3

.1T

ech

no

log

y S

tatu

s: g

ener

al

des

crip

tio

n i

ncl

ud

ing

ele

men

ts o

f

inn

ovati

on

/un

iqu

enes

s/ c

om

pet

itiv

e ad

van

tage.

In 1

990,

Congre

ss e

stab

lish

ed d

eadli

nes

and p

riori

ties

for

EP

A t

o r

equir

e p

erm

its

for

dis

char

ges

of

sto

rmw

ater

th

at i

s n

ot

mix

ed o

r co

nta

min

ated

wit

h h

ou

seh

old

or

ind

ust

rial

was

tew

ater

. P

has

e

I re

gula

tions

esta

bli

shed

th

at

a N

PD

ES

(N

atio

nal

P

oll

uta

nt

Dis

char

ge

Eli

min

atio

n

Sy

stem

)

per

mit

is

req

uir

ed f

or

sto

rmw

ater

dis

char

ge

fro

m m

unic

ipal

itie

s w

ith a

sep

arat

e st

orm

sew

er

syst

em t

hat

ser

ves

a p

op

ula

tio

n g

reat

er t

han

10

0,0

00

an

d c

erta

in d

efin

ed i

nd

ust

rial

act

ivit

ies.

To

rec

eive

a N

PD

ES

per

mit

, th

e m

un

icip

alit

y o

r sp

ecif

ic i

nd

ust

ry h

as t

o d

evel

op a

sto

rmw

ater

man

agem

ent

pla

n

and

id

enti

fy

Bes

t M

anag

emen

t P

ract

ices

fo

r st

orm

wat

er

trea

tmen

t an

d

dis

char

ge.

B

est

Man

agem

ent

Pra

ctic

es (

BM

Ps)

are

mea

sure

s, s

yst

ems,

pro

cess

es o

r co

ntr

ols

th

at

red

uce

poll

uta

nts

at

the

sou

rce

to p

rev

ent

the

poll

uti

on

of

sto

rmw

ater

ru

no

ff d

isch

arg

e fr

om

th

e

site

. P

has

e II

sto

rmw

ater

dis

char

ges

in

clu

de

dis

char

ges

fro

m c

lass

es o

f sm

alle

r m

un

icip

alit

ies

than

th

ose

spec

ific

ally

cla

ssif

ied

as

Ph

ase

I d

isch

arg

e.

Th

e n

atu

re o

f p

oll

uta

nts

in

st

orm

wat

er em

anat

ing fr

om

dif

feri

ng la

nd use

s is

d

iver

se.

T

he

Hydro

work

s H

ydro

guar

d (

HG

) se

par

ato

r is

des

ign

ed t

o t

rap

th

ese

po

llu

tan

ts w

ith

in i

ts c

on

fin

es

un

til

they

are

pro

per

ly r

emo

ved

via

reg

ula

r m

ainte

nan

ce.

Hy

dro

gu

ard

’s u

niq

ue

des

ign

tre

ats

bo

th l

ow

an

d h

igh

flo

ws,

an

d c

on

tain

s th

em i

n s

epar

ate

trea

tmen

t ar

eas.

Th

e d

ual

tre

atm

ent

area 2

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con

fig

ura

tio

n a

llo

ws

Hy

dro

gu

ard

to

min

imiz

e sc

ou

r an

d r

esu

spen

sio

n o

f p

rev

iou

sly

cap

ture

d

fin

es in

th

e lo

w fl

ow

tr

eatm

ent

area

duri

ng hig

h fl

ow

co

ndit

ions.

It

is

th

e o

nly

st

orm

wat

er

trea

tmen

t st

ruct

ure

on

the

mar

ket

th

at t

reat

s b

oth

lo

w f

low

an

d h

igh

flo

w a

nd

tre

ats

them

in

tw

o

sep

arat

e co

mp

artm

ents

.

1.3

.2

Sp

ecif

ic A

pp

lica

bil

ity

The

Hydro

work

s H

ydro

guar

d (

HG

) se

par

ator

is a

str

uct

ura

l st

orm

wat

erq

ual

ity

BM

P d

esig

ned

to

trea

t im

per

vio

us

area

s su

ch a

s p

arkin

g l

ots

an

d r

oad

s. S

pec

ific

ap

pli

cati

ons

incl

ud

e:

Par

kin

g l

ots

fo

r an

y f

acil

ity

(co

mm

erci

al o

r in

du

stri

al)

Res

iden

tial

are

as

Tra

nsp

ort

atio

n-r

oad

way

s, b

rid

ges

, an

d t

ran

sit

faci

liti

es

New

dev

elop

men

t o

r re

-dev

elop

men

t ap

pli

cati

on

s

1.3

.3R

an

ge

of

Co

nta

min

an

t C

ha

ract

eris

tics

Th

e H

yd

rog

uar

d s

torm

wat

er t

reat

men

t st

ruct

ure

rem

oves

susp

ended

soli

ds,

incl

udin

g a

ssoci

ated

con

tam

inan

ts

such

as

m

etal

s an

d

nu

trie

nts

, hydro

carb

ons

(oil

) an

d

tras

h

(flo

atab

les)

fr

om

sto

rmw

ater

ru

no

ff.

1.3

.4R

an

ge

of

Sit

e C

ha

ract

eris

tics

Th

e H

yd

row

ork

s H

G s

epar

ato

r is

man

ufa

ctu

red

in

a v

arie

ty o

f si

zes

fro

m 4

ft

insi

de

dia

met

er t

o

12

ft

insi

de

dia

met

er e

ach

des

ign

ed t

o t

reat

a s

pec

ific

sit

e fl

ow

rat

e (T

able

1).

Lar

ger

siz

es m

ay

not

be

avai

lab

le i

n a

ll a

reas

. C

hec

k w

ith H

ydro

work

s to

ensu

re a

vai

labil

ity

of

the

larg

er m

od

el

size

s.

Ta

ble

1 H

yd

row

ork

s H

G S

epa

rato

r D

imen

sio

ns*

an

d F

low

Ra

tes

Mod

elS

tru

ctu

re

Insi

de

Dia

m.

(ft)

Inn

er

Ch

am

ber

Dia

m.

(in

)

Str

uct

ure

Dep

th

(ft)

*

Sed

imen

t

Vo

lum

e

(ft3

)+

Oil

/Flo

ati

ng

Tra

sh V

olu

me

(ft3

) [g

al]

Per

ma

nen

t

Po

ol

Wet

Vo

lum

e

(ga

l)

Tre

atm

ent

Flo

w R

ate

(cfs

) [g

al]

HG

44

31.5

538

10

[76]

470

0.8

0[3

59]

HG

5

540

5.5

64

16 [

123]

808

1.2

5 [

561]

HG

6

648

692

27 [

203]

1269

1.8

0 [

808]

HG

7

756

6.3

125

42 [

313]

1823

2.4

5 [

1100]

HG

8

863

6.7

163

61 [

457]

2507

3.2

0 [

1437]

HG

9

968.5

7.1

207

101 [

754]

3371

4.0

5 [

1818]

HG

10

10

78

7.6

268

119 [

893]

4455

5.0

0 [

2245]

HG

12

12

96

8.5

386

186 [

1389]

7191

7.2

0 [

3232]

*

Ty

pic

al d

imen

sio

ns

– d

imen

sio

ns

wil

l v

ary

bas

ed o

n p

roje

ct r

equ

irem

ents

/spec

ific

s

+

Vo

lum

e b

elo

w t

he

ou

tlet

op

enin

g o

f th

e o

ute

r b

affl

e w

all

(no

t 1

00

% s

edim

ent

load

ing

vo

lum

e fo

r re

com

men

ded

mai

nte

nan

ce)

3

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Alt

ho

ug

h t

he

inle

t an

d o

utl

et p

ipe

dia

met

er a

re o

nly

lim

ited

by

th

e st

ruct

ura

l in

teg

rity

of

the

ou

ter

stru

cture

its

elf,

it

is r

eco

mm

end

ed t

hat

the

max

imu

m i

nle

t p

ipe

dia

met

er b

e li

mit

ed t

o t

he

val

ues

giv

en i

n T

able

2 s

ince

thes

e al

low

th

e fu

ll w

idth

of

flo

w f

rom

th

e p

ipe

to e

nte

r th

e in

ner

cham

ber

. F

oll

ow

ing

this

rec

om

men

dat

ion

ensu

res

that

wat

er e

nte

rs t

he

inn

er c

ham

ber

pri

or

to t

he

mid

dle

ch

amb

er f

or

no

rmal

flo

w c

on

dit

ion

s.

Ta

ble

2 M

ax

imu

m R

ecom

men

ded

In

let

Pip

e D

iam

eter

Mo

del

Ma

xim

um

In

let

Pip

e D

iam

eter

(in

)

HG

4

15

HG

5

18

HG

6

24

HG

7

27

HG

8

30

HG

9

30

HG

10

36

HG

12

48

Th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er a

nd

baf

fle

wal

l g

ener

ally

ex

ten

d 1

.5 t

o 2

tim

es t

he

inle

t p

ipe

dia

met

er a

bove

the

inle

t in

ver

t. H

yd

row

ork

s sh

ou

ld b

e co

nta

cted

fo

r ap

pli

cati

on

s w

ith

in

let

pip

e d

iam

eter

s

gre

ater

th

an 4

8”

or

shal

low

ap

pli

cati

on

s w

her

e th

e h

eig

ht

of

the

inn

er c

ham

ber

an

d o

utl

et b

affl

e

wal

l nee

d t

o b

e re

duce

d.

1.3

.5M

ate

ria

l O

ver

vie

w,

Ha

nd

lin

g a

nd

Sa

fety

The

Hydro

work

s H

G (

Hydro

guar

d)

sep

arat

or

seri

es c

onsi

sts

of

a co

ncr

ete

man

hole

wit

h i

nte

rnal

co-p

oly

mer

po

lyp

rop

yle

ne

com

po

nen

ts.

Fo

r m

ost

un

its,

th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er a

nd

ou

tlet

baf

fle

wal

l

are

inst

alle

d a

t th

e p

re-c

ast

con

cret

e m

anu

fact

uri

ng

fac

ilit

y.

Th

is m

inim

izes

th

e p

ote

nti

al f

or

any

inst

alla

tio

n e

rro

rs.

HG

sep

arat

or

acce

ss f

or

insp

ecti

on

an

d m

ain

ten

ance

is

achie

ved

via

mult

iple

24

” co

ver

s (T

he

HG

4 m

ay h

ave

a si

ng

le l

arger

30”o

r 3

6”

cov

er d

ue

to l

ack

of

spac

e fo

r m

ult

iple

24”

cover

s).

The

Hydro

work

s H

G u

nit

is

easi

ly m

ain

tain

ed u

sin

g a

vac

tor

tru

ck o

r cl

am s

hel

l

bu

cket

.

Mai

nte

nan

ce r

esid

ual

s sh

ould

be

dis

pose

d i

n a

ccord

ance

wit

h l

oca

l an

d s

tate

reg

ula

tio

ns.

So

lid

s

reco

ver

ed f

rom

th

e H

yd

row

ork

s H

G s

epar

ato

r can

ty

pic

ally

be

lan

d f

ille

d a

nd

liq

uid

s d

isp

ose

d o

f

at a

was

tew

ater

tr

eatm

ent

pla

nt.

T

her

e m

ay b

e so

me

spec

ific

la

nd u

se ac

tiv

itie

s th

at cr

eate

con

tam

inat

ed s

oli

ds,

whic

h w

ill

be

cap

ture

d i

nth

e sy

stem

. S

uch

mat

eria

l w

ou

ld h

ave

to b

e

han

dle

d

and

d

isp

ose

d

of

in

acco

rdan

ce

wit

h

the

app

ropri

ate

reg

ula

tory

re

quir

emen

ts.

Wit

h

incr

ease

d e

nv

iro

nm

enta

l re

gu

lati

on

s, l

oca

l la

ws

and

reg

ula

tio

ns

may

co

nta

in s

trin

gen

t d

isp

osa

l

gu

idel

ines

, w

hic

h v

ary

fro

m s

tate

to

sta

te;

it i

s re

com

men

ded

th

e se

rvic

e co

mpan

y f

irst

ch

eck

wit

h l

oca

l an

d s

tate

au

tho

riti

es p

rio

r to

dis

po

sal

of

all

po

lluta

nts

rem

ov

ed f

rom

th

e H

G s

epar

ato

r.

1.4

Pro

ject

Des

crip

tio

n

Th

is v

erif

icat

ion

pro

ject

pri

mar

ily

in

vo

lved

the

eval

uat

ion

of

com

pan

y m

anu

als

and

lit

erat

ure 4

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and

a t

hir

d p

arty

lab

ora

tory

tes

t re

port

to

ver

ify t

hat

th

e H

yd

row

ork

s H

G 6

sep

arat

or

sati

sfie

s th

e

per

form

ance

cla

im m

ade

by

Hy

dro

wo

rks,

LL

C.

1.5

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ey C

on

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s

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ea W

ein

ber

g B

rek

ke

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ecu

tiv

e D

irec

tor

New

Jer

sey C

orp

ora

tion f

or

Advan

ced T

echnolo

gy

c/o N

ew J

erse

y E

co C

om

ple

x

12

00

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ren

ce C

olu

mbu

s R

oad

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ento

wn, N

J 08505

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99

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00

ex

t. 2

27

rwb

rek

ke@

njc

at.

org

Ric

har

d S

. M

agee

, S

c.D

., P

.E., B

CE

E

Tec

hn

ical

Dir

ecto

r

New

Jer

sey C

orp

ora

tion f

or

Advan

ced T

echnolo

gy

15

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ltee

Dri

ve

Flo

rham

Par

k, N

J 0

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ee@

rcn

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m

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ham

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ant,

P.E

.

Ow

ner

Hydro

work

s, L

LC

50 S

. 21

st S

t.,

2n

d F

loo

r

Ken

ilw

ort

h, N

J 0

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rya

nt@

hy

dro

wo

rks.

com

2.

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alu

ati

on

of

the

Ap

pli

can

t

2.1

Corp

ora

te H

isto

ry

Hy

dro

wo

rks,

LL

C w

as f

ou

nd

ed b

y G

rah

am B

ryan

t in

20

03

. M

r. B

ryan

t sa

w a

nee

d t

o i

mp

rov

e

up

on

ex

isti

ng

hy

dro

dy

nam

ic s

epar

ato

r des

igns

that

wer

e b

eing p

rom

ote

d i

n t

he

mar

ket

pla

ce t

o

faci

lita

te m

ain

ten

ance

an

d c

aptu

re o

f la

rger

soli

ds/

float

able

s du

rin

g p

erio

ds

of

hig

h f

low

th

rou

gh

the

use

of

mu

ltip

le f

low

pat

hs

thro

ug

h a

sep

arat

or

(lo

w f

low

/hig

h f

low

). D

evel

op

men

t o

f th

e

Hy

dro

gu

ard

sep

arat

or

pro

gre

ssed

th

rou

gh

20

03

wit

h H

ydro

work

s, L

LC

bei

ng i

nco

rpora

ted i

n

New

Jer

sey i

n O

ctob

er o

f 2003. T

he

firs

t unit

was

so

ld i

n N

ov

ember

of

20

03

in

Mas

sach

use

tts.

2.2

Org

an

iza

tio

n a

nd

Ma

na

gem

ent

Hy

dro

wo

rks,

L

LC

is

h

ead

qu

arte

red

in

Ken

ilw

ort

h,

New

Je

rsey

an

d

work

s w

ith

var

ious

man

ufa

ctu

rers

th

rou

gh

ou

t th

e U

nit

ed S

tate

s. H

yd

row

ork

s is

man

aged

by

Gra

ham

Bry

ant,

a w

ater

reso

urc

es e

ngin

eer,

who h

as 2

3 y

ears

of

exp

erie

nce

in w

ater

res

ourc

es e

ngin

eeri

ng a

nd s

torm

wat

er m

anag

emen

t d

esig

n.

Mr.

Bry

ant’

s ex

per

ience

in s

torm

wat

er i

ncl

udes

:

Pri

nci

pal

auth

or

of

the

"Sto

rmw

ater

Man

agem

ent

Pra

ctic

es P

lan

nin

g a

nd

Des

ign

Man

ual

"

for

the

Min

istr

y o

f th

e E

nv

iro

nm

ent

in O

nta

rio

Can

ada

(1994)

whic

h w

as t

he

guid

elin

e

do

cum

ent

for

sto

rmw

ater

qu

alit

y c

rite

ria

in t

he

pro

vin

ce o

f O

nta

rio

fro

m 1

99

4-2

00

2.

Th

e 5

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nu

mer

ic c

rite

ria

for

sizi

ng

sto

rmw

ater

qu

alit

y B

MP

s th

at M

r. B

ryan

t d

evel

op

ed i

n 1

99

4

are

stil

l b

ein

g u

sed

to

day

.

Co

-au

tho

r o

f th

e M

OE

(M

inis

try

of

En

vir

on

men

t) d

ocu

men

t "S

torm

wat

er Q

ual

ity B

est

Man

agem

ent

Pra

ctic

es"

(19

92

)

Lec

ture

r fo

r th

e M

OE

sto

rmw

ater

tra

inin

g p

rog

ram

(1

99

4)

Up

dat

ed

flood

dam

age

curv

es

for

the

Can

adia

n

side

of

the

Gre

at

Lak

es

for

the

Inte

rnat

ion

al J

oin

t C

om

mis

sio

n (

19

88

)

Det

erm

ined

th

e fl

oo

d d

amag

e as

sess

men

t d

ue

to l

ake

lev

el r

egu

lati

on

fo

r L

ake

Su

per

ior

(19

87

)

Des

ign

ed t

he

sto

rmw

ater

pip

ing

net

wo

rk f

or

Ter

min

al 3

of

Toro

nto

In

tern

atio

nal

Air

po

rt

Des

ign

er o

f n

um

ero

us

sto

rm w

ater

man

agem

ent

des

ign

s in

clu

din

g s

torm

dra

in s

urc

har

ge

anal

yse

s, w

ater

qu

alit

y p

on

d d

esig

n, fl

oo

d c

on

tro

l p

on

d d

esig

n,

infi

ltra

tio

n r

ech

arg

e

des

ign

, al

tern

ativ

e m

un

icip

al s

tan

dar

ds

to p

rom

ote

LID

, an

d w

ater

shed

mo

del

ing

Dir

ecto

r of

Engin

eeri

ng f

or

Sto

rmce

pto

r (I

mbri

um

) 1

99

5-1

99

9

Gen

eral

Man

ager

fo

r S

torm

cep

tor

for

Rin

ker

Mat

eria

ls (

Sto

rmce

pto

r U

S l

icen

see)

19

99

-

2002

2.3

Op

era

tin

g E

xp

erie

nce

wit

h t

he

Pro

po

sed

Tec

hn

olo

gy

Hydro

work

s,

LL

C

has

over

850

Hydro

guar

d

sep

arat

ors

in

stal

led

in

the

Unit

ed

Sta

tes.

Hy

dro

wo

rks

sep

arat

ors

hav

e bee

n i

nst

alle

d i

n C

O,

CT

, F

L,

IL,

IN,

KY

, M

D,

MN

, N

H,

NJ,

NY

,

OH

, P

A,

RI,

TX

, V

A,

and W

I.

Mr.

Bry

ant

has

bee

n i

nv

olv

ed i

n t

he

des

ign

of

sto

rm w

ater

sep

arat

ors

sin

ce 1

99

8.

Whil

e at

Sto

rmce

pto

r/R

ink

er M

ater

ials

, M

r. B

ryan

t re

des

ign

ed t

he

stan

dar

d i

nli

ne

Sto

rmce

pto

r, d

esig

ned

the

inle

t S

torm

cep

tor

(ST

C4

50

i),

des

ign

ed

the

sub

mer

ged

S

torm

cep

tor

and

th

e m

ult

iple

Sto

rmce

pto

r se

par

ators

(S

TC

11000,

ST

C13000,

ST

C16000).

Hy

dro

wo

rks

is i

nv

olv

ed i

n d

esig

nin

g e

ach

Hy

dro

gu

ard

sep

arat

or.

Th

is a

llo

ws

cust

om

izat

ion

of

the

inte

rnal

co

mp

on

ents

fo

r an

y s

ite

spec

ific

co

nce

rns.

2.4

P

ate

nts

Th

e H

yd

rog

uar

d i

s p

rote

cted

by

pat

ents

iss

ued

by

th

e U

.S.

Pat

ent

Off

ice.

Pat

ents

are

pen

din

g i

n

fore

ign c

ountr

ies.

Pat

ents

for

this

tec

hnolo

gy a

nd o

ther

hydro

dynam

ic s

epar

ators

dev

elop

ed b

y

Mr.

Bry

ant

incl

ude

U.S

. P

aten

t N

um

ber

s 6,9

13,1

55, 6,9

51,6

19, an

d 7

,022,2

43.

2.5

Tec

hn

ica

l R

eso

urc

es, S

taff

an

d C

ap

ita

l E

qu

ipm

ent

Hydro

work

s has

it

s co

rpora

te

off

ices

in

K

enil

wort

h,

NJ.

M

r.

Bry

ant

ov

erse

es

all

tech

nic

al

asp

ects

of

Hydro

guar

d d

esig

n a

nd p

roduct

ion.

In a

ddit

ion

, 2

fu

ll-t

ime

and

on

e p

art-

tim

e st

aff

pro

vid

e in

sid

e sa

les,

co

llec

tions,

and p

rom

oti

onal

supp

ort

. H

ydro

work

s al

so e

mp

loys

a fi

eld

inst

alle

r w

ho

vis

its

each

in

stal

lati

on t

o e

nsu

re e

ach

sep

arat

or

is p

rop

erly

in

stal

led

an

d p

rov

ides

fiel

d i

nst

alla

tion s

ervic

es w

hen

req

uir

ed.

6

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In ad

dit

ion

to

th

e st

aff

in th

e co

rpo

rate

off

ice,

H

yd

row

ork

s p

rom

oti

on

is

co

nd

uct

ed b

y it

s

affi

liat

es w

ho

mak

e th

e co

ncr

ete

po

rtio

n o

f th

e st

ruct

ure

an

d w

ho

are

in

volv

ed i

n t

he

reg

ula

r d

ay

to d

ay s

ales

of

dra

inag

e st

ruct

ure

s. S

ales

aff

ilia

tes

are

pri

mar

ily

lo

cate

d i

n C

T (

Un

ited

Co

ncr

ete)

,

MA

(H

anso

n P

ipe

and

Pre

cast

), W

I (W

ausa

u C

on

cret

e), an

d V

A (

Han

son

Pip

e an

d P

reca

st).

Inte

rnal

co

mp

on

ents

of

the

Hy

dro

gu

ard

are

mad

e b

y M

ille

nniu

m P

last

ics

in G

rov

elan

d, M

A.

3.

Tre

atm

ent

Sy

stem

Des

crip

tio

n

Th

e H

yd

row

ork

s H

G s

epar

ato

r is

un

iqu

e si

nce

it

trea

ts b

oth

hig

h a

nd

lo

w f

low

s in

on

e d

evic

e,

bu

t m

ain

tain

s se

par

ate

flo

w p

ath

s fo

r lo

w a

nd

hig

h f

low

s. A

cco

rdin

gly

, h

igh

flo

ws

do

no

t sc

ou

r

ou

t th

e fi

nes

th

at a

re s

ettl

ed i

n t

he

low

flo

w p

ath s

ince

th

ey a

re t

reat

ed i

n a

sep

arat

e ar

ea o

f th

e

dev

ice

as s

ho

wn

in

Fig

ure

1.

Th

e H

G s

epar

ator

con

sist

s o

f th

ree

cham

ber

s:

an i

nn

er c

ham

ber

th

at t

reat

s lo

w o

r n

orm

al f

low

s

a m

idd

le c

ham

ber

th

at t

reat

s h

igh

flo

ws

an o

utl

et c

ham

ber

wh

ere

wat

er i

s dis

char

ged

to

th

e d

ow

nst

ream

sto

rm s

yst

em

Fig

ure

1 H

yd

row

ork

s H

G O

per

ati

on

– P

lan

Vie

w

7

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Under

norm

al o

r lo

w f

low

s, w

ater

en

ters

th

e m

idd

lech

amb

er a

nd i

s co

nvey

ed i

nto

the

inner

cham

ber

by

mo

men

tum

. S

ince

th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er i

s off

set

to o

ne

sid

e of

the

stru

cture

th

e w

ater

stri

kes

the

wal

l o

f th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er a

t a

tan

gen

tcr

eati

ng

a v

ort

ex w

ith

in t

he

inner

cham

ber

. T

he

vo

rtex

moti

on

fo

rces

so

lid

s an

d f

loat

able

s to

the

mid

dle

of

the

inn

er c

ham

ber

. T

he

wat

er s

pir

als

do

wn

th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er t

o t

he

ou

tlet

of

the

inner

ch

amb

er w

hic

h i

s lo

cate

d b

elo

w t

he

inle

t o

f th

e

inn

er c

ham

ber

an

d a

dja

cen

t to

the

wal

l o

f th

e st

ruct

ure

but

abo

ve

the

flo

or

of

the

stru

ctu

re.

Flo

atab

les

are

trap

ped

sin

ce t

he

ou

tlet

of

the

inn

er c

ham

ber

is

sub

mer

ged

. T

he

des

ign

max

imiz

es

the

rete

nti

on o

f se

ttle

able

so

lid

s si

nce

so

lid

s ar

e fo

rced

to

the

cen

ter

of

the

inn

er c

ham

ber

by

th

e

vo

rtex

moti

on

of

wat

er w

hil

e th

e outl

et o

f th

e in

ner

cham

ber

dra

ws

wat

er f

rom

the

wal

l of

the

inn

er c

ham

ber

.

Th

e w

ater

lea

vin

g t

he

inn

er c

ham

ber

co

nti

nues

in

to t

he

mid

dle

cham

ber

, ag

ain a

t a

tangen

t to

the

wal

l o

f th

e st

ruct

ure

. T

he

wat

er i

s th

en c

on

vey

ed t

hro

ug

h a

n o

utl

et b

affl

e w

all

(hig

h a

nd

lo

w

baf

fle)

. T

his

en

han

ces

the

coll

ecti

on

of

any

flo

atab

les

or

susp

end

ed s

oli

ds

no

t re

mo

ved

by

th

e

inn

er

cham

ber

. W

ater

fl

ow

ing

th

rou

gh

th

e b

affl

es

then

en

ters

th

e o

utl

et

cham

ber

an

d

is

dis

char

ged

in

to t

he

do

wn

stre

am s

torm

dra

in.

Du

rin

g h

igh

flo

ws,

th

e fl

ow

rat

e en

teri

ng

th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er i

s re

stri

cted

by

th

e si

ze o

f th

e in

let

op

enin

g t

o t

he

inn

er c

ham

ber

. T

his

res

tric

tio

n o

f fl

ow

rat

e in

to t

he

inn

er c

ham

ber

min

imiz

es t

he

pote

nti

al f

or

the

scour

and r

e-su

spen

sion o

f so

lids

from

the

inner

ch

amb

er d

uri

ng

per

iod

s o

f h

igh

flo

w.

Th

is i

s im

po

rtan

t si

nce

fin

es,

wh

ich

are

typ

ical

ly c

on

sid

ered

hig

hly

po

llu

ted

, ar

e co

nv

eyed

du

rin

g l

ow

/no

rmal

flo

ws.

Th

e ex

cess

flo

w i

s co

nv

eyed

dir

ectl

y i

nto

th

e m

idd

le c

ham

ber

wh

ere

it

rece

ives

tre

atm

ent

for

flo

atab

les

and

su

spen

ded

soli

ds

via

th

e b

affl

e sy

stem

. T

his

tre

atm

ent

of

the

hig

her

fl

ow

ra

tes

is im

po

rtan

t si

nce

tr

ash

an

d hea

vie

r so

lids

are

typ

ical

ly co

nvey

ed duri

ng

per

iods

of

hig

her

flo

w r

ates

. T

he

Hydro

work

s H

G s

epar

ator

is u

niq

ue

sin

ce i

t in

corp

ora

tes

low

and

hig

h f

low

tre

atm

ent

in o

ne

dev

ice

wh

ile

mai

nta

inin

g s

epar

ate

low

and h

igh f

low

pat

hs

to

pre

ven

t th

e sc

ou

r an

d r

e-su

spen

sio

n o

f fi

nes

.

Fig

ure

2 i

s a

pro

file

vie

w o

f th

e H

G s

epar

ator

show

ing t

he

flow

pat

tern

s fo

r lo

w a

nd h

igh f

low

s. 8

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Fig

ure

2 H

yd

row

ork

s H

G O

per

ati

on

– P

rofi

le V

iew

Th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er

and

o

utl

et

baf

fle

wal

l ar

e d

esig

ned

n

ot

to

be

ov

erto

pp

ed.

In

shal

low

app

lica

tio

ns

wh

ere

the

pip

e is

clo

se t

o t

he

gro

un

d e

lev

atio

n a

nd

th

e d

rain

age

syst

em i

s su

bje

ct t

o

full

pip

e fl

ow

s/su

rch

arg

ing

, th

e to

p o

f th

e o

utl

et b

affl

e w

ill

act

as a

n e

mer

gen

cy o

ver

flow

if

ther

e

is e

xce

ss h

ead

in

th

e u

nit

du

e to

su

rch

arg

ing

or

an o

bst

ruct

ion

in

th

e d

evic

e it

self

. A

ny

ov

erfl

ow

wil

l re

sult

in

th

e lo

ss o

f fl

oat

able

s. I

n t

hes

e si

tuat

ion

s an

ex

tern

al u

pst

ream

by

-pas

s ar

ou

nd

th

e

stru

ctu

re c

an b

e im

ple

men

ted

. H

yd

row

ork

s sh

ou

ld b

e ca

lled

fo

r d

esig

n a

ssis

tan

ce i

n c

ases

wh

ere

surc

har

gin

g a

nd

/or

hig

h v

elo

citi

es/h

ead

lo

sses

are

exp

ecte

d i

n t

he

dra

inag

e sy

stem

co

nfl

uen

t to

the

sep

arat

or.

4.

Tec

hn

ica

l P

erfo

rma

nce

Cla

im

Cla

im –

The

Hydro

work

s H

G 6

sep

arat

or,

at

a tr

eatm

ent

flo

w r

ate

of

1.8

cfs

(8

08

gp

m,

28

.6

gp

m/f

t2),

has

bee

n s

ho

wn

by

mas

s b

alan

ce t

esti

ng

to

hav

e a

60

.5%

so

lid

s re

mo

val

eff

icie

ncy

(as

per

th

e N

JDE

P m

eth

od

olo

gy

fo

r ca

lcu

lati

on

of

trea

tmen

t ef

fici

ency

) u

sin

g N

JDE

P s

pec

ifie

d

mat

eria

l w

ith

an

av

erag

e d

50 p

arti

cle

size

of

70

mic

ron

s, i

nfl

uen

t co

nce

ntr

atio

n o

f 200 m

g/L

and

0%

in

itia

l se

dim

ent

load

ing

in

lab

ora

tory

stu

die

s u

sin

g s

imula

ted

sto

rmw

ater

.

9

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5.

Tre

atm

ent

Sy

stem

Per

form

an

ce

In l

ate

20

08

, u

nd

er a

co

ntr

act

fro

m H

yd

row

ork

s, L

LC

(H

yd

row

ork

s),

ver

ific

atio

n t

esti

ng

of

a 6

-

foo

t d

iam

eter

H

yd

rog

uar

d H

G 6

h

yd

rod

yn

amic

se

par

ator

was

co

nd

uct

ed at

A

lden

R

esea

rch

Lab

ora

tory

, In

c. (

Ald

en),

Ho

lden

, M

assa

chu

sett

s.

Tes

tin

g w

as c

on

du

cted

in

th

ree

ph

ases

: P

has

e

1

eval

uat

ed

re-e

ntr

ainm

ent

condit

ions,

P

has

e 2

mea

sure

d

hea

d

loss

v

alu

es

and

esta

bli

shed

hy

dra

uli

c ch

arac

teri

stic

cu

rves

, an

d P

has

e 3

det

erm

ined

th

e se

dim

ent

rem

oval

eff

icie

nci

es u

sing

a m

od

ifie

d m

ass

bal

ance

m

eth

od

. P

has

es 1

an

d 3 uti

lize

d th

e N

ew Je

rsey

D

epar

tmen

t of

En

vir

on

men

tal

Pro

tect

ion

(N

JDE

P)

spec

ifie

d

pro

toco

l se

dim

ent,

w

ith

a

PS

D

of

1

to

10

00

mic

rons

and a

sp

ecif

ic g

ravit

y o

f 2.6

5.

In a

ddit

ion,

the

wei

gh

ted

tre

atm

ent

effi

cien

cy d

eter

min

ed

in P

has

e 3

was

cal

cula

ted

bas

ed o

n N

JDE

P w

eight

fact

ors

.

5.1

La

bo

rato

ry T

esti

ng

Th

e H

G 6

tes

t u

nit

is

a ci

rcula

r se

par

atin

g d

evic

e w

ith

in

tern

al s

tru

cture

s th

at d

ivid

e it

into

th

ree

cham

ber

s.

Th

e u

nit

co

nta

ins

14

-inch

infl

uen

t an

d e

fflu

ent

pip

es o

rien

ted o

n-c

ente

r, w

ith a

n

infl

uen

t in

ver

t el

evat

ion

o

f 7

3

inch

es

abo

ve

the

wet

ted

fl

oo

r an

d

an

effl

uen

t in

ver

t o

f

app

rox

imat

ely

72

in

ches

. B

oth

pip

es w

ere

ori

ente

d i

n t

he

test

lo

op

wit

h 0

.5%

slo

pes

. T

he

inner

cham

ber

is

48

in

ches

in

dia

met

er a

nd h

as a

22-i

nch

wid

e by 1

0.5

-inch

hig

h r

ecta

ngula

r op

enin

g

wit

h a

n i

nv

ert

elev

atio

n o

f 7

1.0

in

ches

. T

he

op

enin

g i

s al

ign

ed o

n-c

ente

r w

ith

th

e in

flu

ent

pip

e.

Th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er a

lso

co

nta

ins

a 3

6-i

nch

wid

e b

y 9

-inch

hig

h r

ecta

ngula

r op

enin

g w

ith a

n

inv

ert

elev

atio

n o

f 3

6 i

nch

es,

wh

ich a

llo

ws

flo

w t

o p

ass

fro

m t

he

inn

er c

ham

ber

to

th

e m

idd

le

cham

ber

. A

tw

o-p

iece

(up

per

an

d l

ow

er)

ou

tlet

baf

fle

wal

l se

par

ates

the

mid

dle

ch

amb

er f

rom

the

ou

ter

cham

ber

. T

he

low

er w

all

exte

nd

s fr

om

the

floor

to a

n e

levat

ion o

f 42 i

nch

es.

A 1

5-

inch

hig

h o

pen

ing

sep

arat

es t

he

low

er a

nd

up

per

wal

ls a

nd a

llow

s fl

ow

to p

ass

from

the

mid

dle

cham

ber

in

to t

he

ou

ter

cham

ber

an

d t

hen

ou

t th

e ef

flu

ent

pip

e. F

igu

re A

.1 i

n A

pp

end

ix A

sh

ow

s

a la

yo

ut

dra

win

g o

f th

e H

G 6

tes

t u

nit

.

5.1

.1T

est

Faci

lity

Des

crip

tion

Fig

ure

A.2

sh

ow

s th

e cl

ose

d t

est

loo

p,

loca

ted

in

Ald

en’s

tes

t fa

cili

ty,

wh

ich

was

use

d t

o t

est

the

HG

6 s

epar

ato

r.

Wat

er w

as s

up

pli

ed t

o t

he

unit

wit

h e

ither

a 2

0H

P o

r 5

0H

P p

um

p (

flo

w c

apac

ity

of

app

roxim

atel

y 9

cfs)

, w

hic

h d

raw

wat

er f

rom

a 5

0,0

00-g

allo

n s

upp

ly s

um

p.

One

of

five

(5)

cali

bra

ted

flo

w m

eter

s (2

, 4

, 6

, 8

, an

d 1

2-i

nch

), c

on

nec

ted

to

a m

anif

old

, ca

rrie

d t

he

test

flo

w t

o a

sect

ion

o

f 1

2-i

nch

p

ipin

g,

90

-deg

ree

elb

ow

, 1

2-i

nch

b

y 14-i

nch

ex

pan

sion an

d 12 fe

et (1

0

dia

met

ers)

o

f 1

4-i

nch

in

flu

ent

pip

e.

W

ater

th

en

pas

sed

th

rou

gh

th

e te

st

un

it

and

1

4-i

nch

dia

met

er e

fflu

ent

pip

e to

ret

urn

to t

he

lab

ora

tory

su

mp

. T

he

effl

uen

t p

ipe

con

tain

ed a

n i

sok

inet

ic

sam

pli

ng

-tub

e ar

ray

, lo

cate

d a

ppro

xim

atel

y 3

fee

t d

ow

nst

ream

of

the

test

unit

, to

co

llec

t th

e

effl

uen

t se

dim

ent

con

cen

trat

ion

an

d P

SD

sa

mp

les

duri

ng re

-entr

ainm

ent

test

ing.

T

he

arra

y

con

sist

ed

of

two

(2

) v

erti

call

y

adju

stab

lesa

mp

lin

g

tub

es

(wat

er

lev

el

dep

end

ent)

, ea

ch

conta

inin

g a

flo

w-c

ontr

ol

shut-

off

val

ve.

S

edim

ent

was

inje

cted

into

the

cro

wn

of

the

infl

uen

t

pip

e th

rou

gh

a v

erti

cal

pip

e co

nn

ecte

d t

o a

tee

lo

cate

d a

pp

rox

imat

ely

2 f

eet

up

stre

am o

f th

e te

st

un

it.

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5.1

.2In

stru

men

tati

on

an

d M

easu

rin

g T

ech

niq

ues

Flo

w

Th

e in

flo

w t

o t

he

test

un

it w

as m

easu

red

usi

ng

on

e o

f fi

ve

(5)

cali

bra

ted

flo

w m

eter

s. E

ach

met

er w

as f

abri

cate

d p

er A

SM

E g

uid

elin

es a

nd

cal

ibra

ted

in

Ald

en’s

Cal

ibra

tio

n D

epar

tmen

t

pri

or

to t

he

star

t o

f te

stin

g. F

low

s w

ere

set

wit

h a

bu

tter

fly

val

ve

and

the

dif

fere

nti

al h

ead

fro

m

the

met

er w

as m

easu

red

usi

ng

a R

ose

mo

un

t 0

to

25

0-i

nch

Dif

fere

nti

al P

ress

ure

(D

P)

cell

, al

so

cali

bra

ted

at

Ald

en p

rio

r to

tes

tin

g. T

he

test

flo

w w

as a

ver

aged

and r

ecord

ed a

pp

roxim

atel

y

ever

y 9

sec

on

ds

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

dura

tio

n o

f th

e te

st u

sin

g a

co

mp

ute

rize

d d

ata

acq

uis

itio

n (

DA

)

pro

gra

m. T

he

accu

racy

of

the

flo

w m

easu

rem

ent

is e

stim

ated

at

2%

.

Tem

per

atu

re

Wat

er t

emper

ature

mea

sure

men

ts w

ith

in t

he

sum

p w

ere

ob

tain

ed u

sing

a c

alib

rate

d O

meg

a

DP

41

tem

per

atu

re p

rob

e an

d r

ead

ou

t d

evic

e.

The

cali

bra

tio

n w

as p

erfo

rmed

at

the

lab

ora

tory

pri

or

to t

esti

ng

. T

he

tem

per

atu

re r

ead

ing

was

en

tere

d i

nto

th

e D

A p

rog

ram

at

the

star

t o

f ea

ch

test

fo

r u

se i

n t

he

flo

w m

easu

rem

ent

calc

ula

tio

ns.

Pre

ssure

Hea

d

Th

e p

ress

ure

hea

d r

ead

ing

s re

cord

ed d

uri

ng

Phas

e 2

tes

tin

g w

ere

mea

sure

d u

sin

g a

Ro

sem

ou

nt

0 t

o 6

0-i

nch

DP

cel

l.

Th

e p

ress

ure

cel

l w

as c

alib

rate

d a

t A

lden

pri

or

to t

esti

ng

. A

min

imu

m o

f

1-m

inu

te o

f p

ress

ure

dat

a w

as r

eco

rded

fo

r ea

ch p

ress

ure

tap

, u

nd

er s

tead

y-s

tate

flo

w c

on

dit

ion

s,

usi

ng

a c

om

pu

teri

zed

DA

pro

gra

m.

Sed

imen

t In

ject

ion

Duri

ng

Phas

e 3

, N

JCA

T p

roto

col

sed

imen

t w

as i

nje

cted

into

th

e te

st u

nit

(P

SD

of

1 -

1,0

00

mic

ron

s.)

Th

e te

st s

and

was

in

tro

du

ced

into

th

e in

flu

ent

pip

e u

sin

g a

n A

ug

er v

olu

met

ric

scre

w

feed

er,

mod

el V

F-1

. T

he

Au

ger

fee

d s

crew

s use

din

tes

ting

ran

ged

in s

ize

from

0.7

5 t

o 1

inch

,

dep

endin

g o

n t

he

test

flo

w.

Eac

h a

ug

er s

crew

, dri

ven

wit

h a

var

iable

-sp

eed

dri

ve,

was

cal

ibra

ted

wit

h t

he

test

sed

imen

t p

rio

r to

tes

ting

, in

ord

er t

o e

stab

lish

a r

elat

ion

ship

bet

wee

n s

crew

RP

M

and

fee

d r

ate

in m

g/m

inu

te.

Th

e fe

eder

has

a 1

.5 c

ub

ic f

oo

t h

op

per

at

the

up

per

en

d o

f th

e au

ger

to p

rov

ide

a co

nst

ant

sup

ply

of

dry

tes

t sa

nd

.

Sa

mp

le C

oll

ecti

on

As

des

crib

ed i

n S

ecti

on

5.1

.1,

iso

kin

etic

sam

pli

ng

tub

es w

ere

loca

ted

wit

hin

th

e ef

flu

ent

pip

ing

to c

oll

ect

the

sed

imen

t co

nce

ntr

atio

n s

ample

s d

uri

ng P

has

e 1

tes

tin

g.

The

sam

pli

ng

tu

bes

wer

e

0.5

0 a

nd

0.7

5 i

nch

es i

n d

iam

eter

. T

he

tub

e ar

ray

was

ver

tica

lly a

dju

sted

an

d c

alib

rate

d p

rio

r to

test

ing

, to

mat

ch t

he

vel

oci

ties

fo

r ea

ch f

low

co

nd

itio

n.

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Sa

mp

le C

on

cen

tra

tio

n A

na

lysi

s

Co

nce

ntr

atio

n s

ample

s w

ere

anal

yze

d u

sin

g t

he

Susp

ended

Soli

ds

Conce

ntr

atio

n (

SS

C)

met

ho

d

wh

ich

u

tili

zes

the

enti

re sa

mple

in

th

e an

aly

sis.

T

he

sam

ple

s w

ere

pro

cess

ed at

A

lden

as

des

crib

ed b

elow

.

Co

llec

ted

sa

mple

s w

ere

filt

ered

an

d

anal

yze

d

by

A

lden

in

ac

cord

ance

w

ith

M

eth

od

B

, as

des

crib

ed i

n A

ST

M D

esig

nat

ion

: D

39

77

-97

(R

e-ap

pro

ved

20

02

), “

Sta

nd

ard

Tes

t M

eth

od

s fo

r

Det

erm

inin

g S

edim

ent

Co

nce

ntr

atio

n i

n W

ater

Sam

ple

s”.

Th

e re

qu

ired

sil

ica

san

d u

sed

in

th

e

sed

imen

t te

stin

g d

id n

ot

resu

lt i

n a

ny d

isso

lved

soli

ds

in t

he

sam

ple

s an

d t

her

efo

re,

sim

pli

fied

th

e

AS

TM

tes

tin

g m

eth

od

s fo

r d

eter

min

ing

sed

imen

t co

nce

ntr

atio

n.

Sam

ple

s w

ere

coll

ecte

d i

n g

rad

uat

ed 2

-Lit

er b

eak

ers

wh

ich

wer

e cl

ean

ed,

dri

ed a

nd w

eighed

to

the

nea

rest

0.1

-gra

m,

usi

ng

an

Oh

aus

40

00

g x

0.1

g d

igit

al s

cale

, m

od

el S

CD

-01

0,

pri

or

to

sam

pli

ng

. C

oll

ecte

d sa

mple

s w

ere

also

w

eigh

ed t

o t

he

nea

rest

0.1

-gra

m u

sin

g t

he

Oh

aus

dig

ital

sca

le.

Eac

h c

oll

ecte

d s

ample

was

fil

tere

d t

hro

ug

h a

pre

-rin

sed

Wh

atm

an 9

34

-AH

, 4

7-

mm

, 1

.5-m

icro

n,

gla

ss m

icro

fib

er f

ilte

r p

aper

, usi

ng

a l

abo

rato

ry v

acu

um

-fil

teri

ng

syst

em.

Pri

or

to p

roce

ssin

g,

each

fil

ter

was

rin

sed a

nd

pla

ced

in a

des

ignat

ed d

ish

and

dri

ed i

n a

n O

akto

n

Sta

ble

Tem

p g

rav

ity

co

nv

ecti

on

ov

en,

mo

del

05

01

5-5

9,

at 2

25

deg

rees

F f

or

a m

inim

um

of

2

ho

urs

. E

ach

dri

ed f

ilte

r/d

ish

set

was

th

en w

eig

hed

to

th

e n

eare

st 0

.00

01-g

ram

, u

sin

g a

n A

ND

anal

yti

cal

bal

ance

, m

od

el

ER

-18

2A

.

On

ce

filt

ered

, ea

ch

sam

ple

an

d

dis

h

was

d

ried

at

a

tem

per

atu

re b

etw

een

175

an

d 2

10

deg

rees

F (

bel

ow

bo

ilin

g)

for

20

to

30 m

inu

tes

un

til

vis

ual

ly

dry

. T

he

oven

tem

per

atu

re w

as i

ncr

ease

d t

o 2

25

deg

rees

F a

nd

th

e sa

mp

les

wer

e d

ried

fo

r an

addit

ional

2-½

to 3

hours

. T

he

dry

sam

ple

s an

d d

ishes

wer

e th

en w

eighed

to t

he

nea

rest

0.0

001-

gra

m,

usi

ng

th

e A

ND

bal

ance

. N

et s

edim

ent

wei

gh

t (m

g)

was

det

erm

ined

by

sub

trac

tin

g t

he

dri

ed f

ilte

r w

eig

ht

fro

m t

he

dri

ed s

ample

wei

gh

t an

d m

ult

iply

ing

the

resu

lt b

y 1

,00

0.

Th

e n

et

sam

ple

vo

lum

e, i

n l

iter

s, w

as d

eter

min

ed b

y s

ub

trac

tin

g t

he

bea

ker

an

d n

et s

edim

ent

wei

gh

t fr

om

the

ov

eral

l sa

mple

w

eig

ht

and

d

ivid

ing

b

y 1

,00

0.

Eac

h sa

mple

se

dim

ent

con

cen

trat

ion

, in

mg

/lit

er,

was

det

erm

ined

by

div

idin

g t

he

net

sed

imen

t w

eig

ht

by

th

e n

et s

ample

vo

lum

e.

Th

e

effl

uen

t co

nce

ntr

atio

n f

or

each

flo

w c

on

dit

ion w

as a

dju

sted

fo

r b

ackg

rou

nd

. T

he

bac

kg

rou

nd

sam

ple

s w

ere

coll

ecte

d a

t th

e p

um

p e

fflu

ent

and

pro

cess

ed a

s des

crib

ed a

bove.

Tes

t S

edim

ent

Mix

an

d P

art

icle

Siz

e D

istr

ibuti

on

NJ#

00N

, O

K1

10

an

d M

in-U

-Sil

40

sil

ica

san

d,

avai

lable

fro

m U

S S

ilic

a, w

as u

sed

to

pro

du

ce

the

test

sed

imen

t as

req

uir

ed b

y t

he

NJD

EP

tes

tin

g p

roto

col.

T

able

3 s

ho

ws

the

theo

reti

cal

PS

D

of

each

gra

de

of

san

d,

as w

ell

as t

he

mix

rat

ios

and

res

ult

ing

per

centa

ges

. R

and

om

dry

sam

ple

s

wer

e an

aly

zed

for

PS

D w

ith

a r

esult

ing a

ver

age

d50 o

f ap

pro

xim

atel

y 7

0 m

icro

ns

wh

ich

, as

sho

wn

on

Fig

ure

3,

mat

ches

th

e N

JDE

P e

stim

ated

d50 o

f 6

7 m

icro

ns.

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Ta

ble

3 T

est

Sed

imen

t M

ix U

sin

g C

om

mer

ciall

y A

va

ila

ble

US

Sil

ica

Sa

nd

Ra

ng

eT

arg

et

Me

sh

Mic

rons

NJ #

00N

OK

-11

0M

in-U

-Sil 4

0%

%%

To

tal

NJC

AT

11%

46

%4

3%

20

85

0

50

0-1

000

5%

30

60

04

55

.05.0

40

42

55

25

.7

25

0-5

00

5%

50

30

03

0.3

6.1

70

21

2

10

015

01

0.5

10

0-2

50

30%

12

012

51

56

.9

14

010

64

822

.12

9.4

17

08

82

411

.0

50

-10

01

5%

20

07

59

.74

.5

27

05

31

.90

.91

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8-5

02

5%

60

25

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5.8

2-8

15%

28

12

.01

2.0

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5%

12

5.2

5.2

To

tal

100

99.6

100

99

.8

Fig

ure

3 T

est

Sed

imen

t M

ix P

SD

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Ma

ss B

ala

nce

An

aly

sis

For

test

s co

mp

lete

d d

uri

ng P

has

e 3,

a m

odif

ied m

ass

bal

ance

met

ho

d w

as u

sed

to

det

erm

ine

sed

imen

t re

mo

val

eff

icie

ncy

. A

tru

e m

ass

bal

ance

tes

t ac

cou

nts

fo

r al

l th

e m

ass

wit

hin

a s

yst

em,

incl

ud

ing

to

tal

infl

uen

t, a

nd

cap

ture

d a

nd

eff

luen

t q

uan

titi

es.

Ho

wev

er,

wit

h f

low

s ra

ng

ing

fro

m

0.4

5 t

o 2

.25

cfs

, it

is

extr

emel

y d

iffi

cult

an

d c

onse

qu

entl

y,

exp

ensi

ve

to c

aptu

re t

he

fin

e ef

flu

ent

sed

imen

t w

ith

ou

t co

mpro

mis

ing

th

e in

teg

rity

of

the

test

. T

her

efo

re,

mo

dif

ied

mas

s b

alan

ce t

ests

,

in w

hic

h t

he

infl

uen

t an

d c

aptu

red

sed

imen

t is

acc

ou

nte

d f

or,

wer

e p

erfo

rmed

on

th

e H

G 6

un

it.

Th

e w

eig

ht

of

inje

cted

sed

imen

t w

as d

eter

min

ed b

y w

eig

hin

g t

he

load

ed s

crew

fee

der

, w

hic

h

was

mo

un

ted o

n a

hy

dra

uli

c ta

ble

, b

efo

re a

nd

aft

er t

esti

ng

. T

he

scal

e u

sed

was

a 0

-50

0 l

b

Oh

aus®

C

ham

p

SQ

d

igit

al

scal

e,

mo

del

C

Q2

50

-XL

11

W,

equ

ipp

ed

wit

h

a 0

.05

re

solu

tio

n

CW

11

dig

ital

co

ntr

oll

er. T

his

pro

vid

ed t

he

tota

l m

ass

of

sed

imen

tin

tro

du

ced

in

to t

he

test

un

it.

Aft

er t

he

com

ple

tio

n o

f ea

ch t

est,

wat

er w

as d

ecan

ted

fro

m t

he

test

unit

by

mea

ns

of

a g

rav

ity

sip

ho

n.

Th

e ca

ptu

red

sed

imen

t an

d a

ny

rem

ain

ing

wat

er w

ere

then

coll

ecte

d f

rom

the

test

unit

usi

ng

a p

re-c

lean

ed w

et v

acu

um

. T

he

coll

ecte

dse

dim

ent

was

pla

ced

in p

re-w

eig

hed

tra

ys

and

dri

ed i

n a

Mo

der

n L

abo

rato

ry E

qu

ipm

ent®

ov

en,

mo

del

15

5-S

S,

for

app

rox

imat

ely

24

ho

urs

.

The

dri

ed

sedim

ent

was

th

en

wei

ghed

w

ith

the

Oh

aus

scal

e an

d

the

cap

ture

d

wei

gh

t w

as

calc

ula

ted b

y s

ub

trac

ting

th

e tr

ay w

eig

ht

fro

m t

he

gro

ss w

eight.

T

he

rem

ov

al e

ffic

ien

cy f

or

each

flow

condit

ion w

as c

alcu

late

d u

sin

g t

he

foll

ow

ing e

qu

atio

n:

5.2

Tes

t P

roce

du

res

Th

e te

st p

roce

du

res

for

the

HG

6 u

nit

, d

evel

op

ed b

y H

yd

row

ork

s in

co

ord

inat

ion

wit

h A

lden

,

wer

e not

consi

sten

t w

ith N

JDE

P p

roto

cols

. H

ow

ever

, th

e p

arti

al m

ass

bal

ance

met

ho

d e

mp

loy

ed

is eq

uiv

alen

t to

th

e S

SC

in

flu

ent

and

ef

flu

ent

met

ho

d ty

pic

ally

em

plo

yed

. T

he

test

ing

w

as

con

du

cted

in

th

ree

ph

ases

as

des

crib

ed b

elo

w.

5.2

.1P

hase

1 –

Re-

entr

ain

men

t an

d W

ash

ou

t

Re-

entr

ain

men

t te

sts

wer

e p

erfo

rmed

at

fl

ow

s ra

ngin

g

from

0.4

to

2.0

cf

s,

wit

h

sedim

ent

load

ings

of

100%

(9.3

ft3

) an

d 5

0%

(4.6

ft3

) of

the

unit

’s c

apac

ity (

as s

tate

d b

y H

yd

row

ork

s).

It

was

est

imat

ed (

by

Hy

dro

wo

rks)

th

at t

he

inn

er c

ham

ber

ret

ain

s ap

pro

xim

atel

y 8

0%

of

sed

imen

t

cap

ture

d b

y t

he

unit

and

th

e re

mai

nin

g 2

0%

is

reta

ined

in

th

e m

idd

le c

ham

ber

. T

her

efo

re,

an

80/2

0 s

pli

t w

as u

sed f

or

the

sed

imen

t lo

adin

g.

Th

e ar

ea o

f th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er i

s 1

2.6

ft2

an

d t

he

area

of

the

mid

dle

ch

amb

er i

s 8

.8 f

t2.

Fo

r th

e 10

0%

tes

ts,

7 i

nch

es o

f se

dim

ent

was

lo

aded

in

the

inn

er c

ham

ber

an

d 2

.5 i

nch

es i

n t

he

mid

dle

ch

amb

er.

Fo

r th

e 5

0%

tes

ts,

3.5

inch

es o

f se

dim

ent

was

lo

aded

in

th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er a

nd

1.2

5 i

nch

es i

n t

he

mid

dle

ch

amb

er.

Tw

o r

e-en

trai

nm

ent

test

s w

ere

per

form

ed a

t 1

00

% a

nd

50

% l

oad

ing

wit

h N

JCA

T m

ix (

1 t

o 1

,00

0 m

icro

ns)

.

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Th

e u

nit

was

slo

wly

fil

led

to

th

e in

ver

t o

f th

e ef

flu

ent

pip

e.

Th

e sh

ape

of

the

sed

imen

t b

ed w

as

esta

bli

shed

by

in

crem

enta

lly

in

crea

sin

g t

he

flo

wto

1.2

cfs

, al

low

ing

th

e sy

stem

to

ru

n u

nti

l th

e

effl

uen

t w

as c

lear

or

for

a m

axim

um

du

rati

on

of

on

e h

ou

r.

Th

e sy

stem

rem

ain

ed i

dle

fo

r a

min

imu

m o

f 24 h

ours

pri

or

to t

esti

ng t

o l

et t

he

new

ly e

stab

lish

ed s

edim

ent

bed

set

tle.

Tes

ting

was

co

nd

uct

ed b

y i

ncr

emen

tall

y i

ncr

easi

ng

th

e fl

ow

of

clea

n w

ater

(n

o i

nfl

uen

t se

dim

ent)

in

to

the

un

it u

nd

er s

tead

y-s

tate

co

nd

itio

ns,

whil

e co

nti

nuousl

y o

bta

inin

g f

low

dat

a.

Eff

luen

t sa

mple

s,

for

SS

C a

nd

PS

D a

nal

yse

s, w

ere

ob

tain

ed a

t th

e ta

rget

ed f

low

s (0

.4,

0.8

, 1

.2,

1.6

an

d 2

.0 c

fs.)

A

seri

es o

f fo

ur

(4)

sam

ple

s w

ere

coll

ecte

d e

ver

y 5

min

ute

s at

eac

h s

tead

y-s

tate

tar

get

flo

w,

to

allo

w i

nsi

ght

into

tre

nds

and

/or

ano

mal

ies

of

sed

imen

t m

ov

emen

t.

5.2

.2P

ha

se 2

– H

yd

rau

lic

Ca

pa

city

an

d C

ha

ract

eris

tics

Th

e u

nit

w

as te

sted

w

ith

ou

t se

dim

ent

to d

eter

min

e it

s h

yd

rau

lic

char

acte

rist

ics.

F

low

an

d

pre

ssu

re h

ead

mea

sure

men

ts a

cross

th

e u

nit

wer

e re

cord

ed f

or

16

co

nd

itio

ns.

E

ach

tes

t fl

ow

was

set

and

all

ow

ed t

o r

each

ste

ady

sta

te,

at w

hic

h t

ime

a m

inim

um

of

1 m

inute

of

flo

w a

nd

pre

ssu

re

dat

a w

ere

reco

rded

an

d a

ver

aged

fo

r ea

ch p

ress

ure

tap

loca

tio

n.

Ob

serv

atio

ns

wer

e d

ocu

men

ted

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

test

, in

clu

din

g co

ndit

ion

s in

th

ein

ner

, m

idd

le an

d o

ute

r ch

amb

ers

(inte

rnal

mea

sure

men

ts)

and

wat

er e

lev

atio

ns

in t

he

infl

uen

t an

d e

fflu

ent

pip

es (

syst

emm

easu

rem

ents

).

Pre

ssu

re h

ead

mea

sure

men

ts w

ere

reco

rded

at

5 l

oca

tio

ns

(see

Fig

ure

A.3

): a

pp

rox

imat

ely

on

e

pip

e d

iam

eter

up

stre

am o

f th

e te

st u

nit

(T

ap A

), a

lon

g t

he

wal

l in

th

e in

ner

ch

amb

er (

Tap

B),

alo

ng

th

e w

all

in t

he

mid

dle

ch

amb

er (

Tap

C),

alo

ng t

he

wal

l in

th

e o

ute

r ch

amb

er (

Tap

D),

an

d

on

e p

ipe

dia

met

er d

ow

nst

ream

of

the

test

un

it (

Tap

E).

T

he

dis

char

ge

and

lo

ss c

oef

fici

ents

(C

d

and

K)

wer

e ca

lcu

late

d f

or

bo

th t

he

inte

rnal

an

d s

yst

em l

oss

es.

5.2

.3P

ha

se 3

– S

edim

ent

Rem

oval

Eff

icie

ncy

Tes

tin

g

Th

e te

st u

nit

was

th

oro

ug

hly

cle

aned

pri

or

to t

he

star

t o

f ea

ch t

est.

T

he

test

flo

w w

as s

et a

nd

allo

wed

to

rea

ch s

tead

y s

tate

. T

he

test

sed

imen

tw

as i

nje

cted

in

to t

he

infl

uen

t li

ne

at a

tar

get

con

cen

trat

ion

of

20

0 m

g/L

fo

r d

ura

tio

n o

f ti

me

suff

icie

nt

to i

ntr

od

uce

ap

pro

xim

atel

y t

wen

ty (

20

)

po

un

ds

of

sed

imen

t in

to t

he

un

it.

Th

e se

dim

ent

inje

ctio

n w

as s

top

ped

an

d 3

sy

stem

vo

lum

es o

f

wat

er w

ere

allo

wed

to

pas

s th

rou

gh

th

e sy

stem

pri

or

to t

he

term

inat

ion

of

the

test

. T

he

un

it w

as

dra

ined

an

d c

lean

ed,

and t

he

rem

ov

al e

ffic

ien

cy d

eter

min

ed u

tili

zin

g t

he

mo

dif

ied

mas

s b

alan

ce

met

ho

do

log

y d

escr

ibed

in

Sec

tio

n 5

.1.2

.

It w

as o

bse

rved

th

at e

ach

co

llec

tio

n t

ray

co

nta

ined

bo

th s

ettl

ed a

nd

su

spen

ded

sed

imen

t p

arti

cles

wh

en p

lace

d i

n t

he

dry

ing

ov

en.

Aft

er f

ull

dry

ing

of

the

sed

imen

t w

as c

om

ple

te,

an e

ncr

ust

ed

top

lay

er w

as p

rese

nt

in e

ach t

ray,

whic

h w

as t

he

resu

lt o

f th

e fi

ne

par

ticl

es b

ondin

g t

oget

her

du

rin

g

the

dry

ing

p

roce

ss.

T

his

b

on

din

g

of

par

ticl

es

did

n

ot

affe

ct

the

resu

ltin

g

rem

ov

al

effi

cien

cies

. H

ow

ever

, th

e re

port

ed P

SD

res

ult

s sh

ow

that

th

e par

ticl

es s

till

po

sses

sed

so

me

coh

esiv

e q

ual

itie

s, a

s th

e sm

alle

st m

easu

red

par

ticl

e si

zes

do n

ot

corr

elat

e w

ell

wit

h t

he

resu

ltin

g

rem

ov

al e

ffic

ien

cies

. P

assi

ng

th

e d

ried

sed

imen

t th

rou

gh

fin

e sc

reen

s an

d p

rep

arin

g t

he

sam

ple

s

as w

et s

amp

les

pri

or

to s

hip

pin

g m

ay h

ave

corr

ecte

d t

his

pro

ble

m.

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5.3

Ver

ific

ati

on

Pro

ced

ure

s

All

th

e dat

a p

rovid

ed to

N

JCA

T w

ere

revie

wed

to

fu

lly under

stan

d th

e ca

pab

ilit

ies

of

the

Hy

dro

wo

rks

HG

6 s

epar

ato

r.

To

ver

ify

Hy

dro

wo

rks’

cla

im,

the

Ald

en l

abo

rato

ry t

est

pro

ced

ure

s

and

dat

a w

ere

rev

iew

ed a

nd

co

mpar

ed t

o t

he

NJD

EP

TS

S l

abo

rato

ry t

esti

ng p

roce

dure

.

5.3

.1L

ab

ora

tory

Tes

tin

g R

esu

lts

Re-

entr

ain

men

t an

d W

ash

ou

t

Re-

entr

ain

men

t te

sts

wer

e p

erfo

rmed

at

flo

ws

rangin

g f

rom

0.4

to 2

.0 c

fs,

wit

h i

nit

ial

sedim

ent

load

ing

s o

f 1

00

% (

9.3

ft3

) an

d 5

0%

(4

.6 f

t3)

of

the

un

it’s

cap

acit

y (

as s

tate

d b

y H

yd

row

ork

s).

Th

e se

dim

ent

bed

s w

ere

pre

par

ed w

ith

a v

ary

ing

dep

osi

tion

pro

file

, as

des

crib

ed i

n S

ecti

on

5.2

.1,

bas

ed o

n f

ield

ob

serv

atio

ns

sup

pli

ed b

y H

yd

row

ork

s.

Eac

h t

est

was

co

nd

uct

ed b

y i

ncr

emen

tall

y

incr

easi

ng

th

e fl

ow

wh

ile

coll

ecti

ng

effl

uen

t sa

mp

les.

A

ser

ies

of

fou

r (4

) ef

flu

ent

sam

ple

s w

ere

coll

ecte

d f

or

SS

C a

nal

ysi

s an

d o

ne

for

PS

D a

nal

ysi

s, a

t th

e st

eady-s

tate

tar

get

flo

ws

of

0.4

, 0

.8,

1.2

, 1.6

and 2

.0 c

fs.

Fif

ty p

erce

nt

(50

%)

load

ing

Mea

sure

d s

edim

ent

con

cen

trat

ions

(SS

C)

adju

sted

for

bac

kgro

und c

once

ntr

atio

ns

incr

ease

d f

rom

2.2

mg/L

at

0.4

cfs

, to

36.1

mg/L

at

2.0

cfs

. B

ackgro

und s

amp

le c

once

ntr

atio

ns

incr

ease

d f

rom

4.4

1 m

g/L

at

the

beg

innin

g (

~5 m

in)

of

the

re-e

ntr

ainm

ent

and w

asho

ut

test

ing

to

13

.7 m

g/L

at

the

end o

f th

e 100 m

inute

tes

t p

erio

d.

Eff

luen

t co

nce

ntr

atio

ns

wer

e lo

w (

<2

.5 m

g/L

) up

to

0.8

0

cfs

and

in

crea

sed

ste

adil

y t

her

eaft

er w

ith

in

crea

sin

g f

low

rat

e as

sh

ow

n i

n F

igu

re 4

. T

he

effl

uen

t

PS

D d

ata

ind

icat

ed t

hat

, at

th

e m

axim

um

flo

w o

f 2

.0 c

fs,

the

un

it w

as a

ble

to

ret

ain p

arti

cles

over

25 m

icro

ns

(d9

5).

On

e h

un

dre

d p

erce

nt

(10

0%

) lo

adin

g

Mea

sure

d s

edim

ent

con

cen

trat

ions

(SS

C)

adju

sted

for

bac

kgro

und c

once

ntr

atio

ns

incr

ease

d f

rom

4.3

mg/L

at

0.4

cfs

, to

44

.1 m

g/L

at

1.6

cfs

, th

en d

ecre

ased

to

41

.5 m

g/L

at

2.0

cfs

. B

ack

gro

un

d

sam

ple

co

nce

ntr

atio

ns

incr

ease

d f

rom

1.7

mg/L

at

the

beg

innin

g (

~5 m

in)

of

the

re-e

ntr

ainm

ent

and

w

ash

ou

t te

stin

g

to

18

.9

mg/L

at

th

e en

d

of

the

10

0

min

ute

te

st

per

iod

. E

fflu

ent

con

cen

trat

ion

s w

ere

low

(<

5.5

m

g/L

) up

to

0

.80

cf

s an

d in

crea

sed

st

ead

ily

th

erea

fter

w

ith

incr

easi

ng f

low

rat

e to

1.6

cfs

, b

efo

re s

lig

htl

y d

ecre

asin

g.

The

effl

uen

t P

SD

dat

a in

dic

ated

that

,

at t

he

max

imu

m f

low

of

2.0

cfs

, th

e u

nit

was

ab

le t

o r

etai

n p

arti

cles

over

30 m

icro

ns

(d9

5).

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60 0

.00

20

.00

40

.00

60

.00

80

.00

10

0.0

0

Sample Concentration(mg/l)

Tim

e (M

inu

tes)

HG

6 R

e-e

ntr

ain

me

nt

Te

st

50

% S

ed

ime

nt

Lo

ad

ing

(NJ

CA

TM

ix)

Eff

lue

nt

Co

nc

en

tra

tio

ns

0.4

0 c

fs

0.8

0 c

fs

1.2

1 c

fs

1.6

1 c

fs

2.0

0 c

fs

Se

rie

s1

Fig

ure

4 R

e-en

tra

inm

ent

Eff

luen

t S

am

ple

Co

nce

ntr

ati

on

s a

t 5

0%

Lo

ad

ing

Ca

pa

city

Hy

dra

uli

c C

ap

aci

ty

Flo

w (

gp

m)

and

wat

er l

evel

(in

ches

) w

ith

in t

he

un

it w

ere

mea

sure

d f

or

19

flo

ws

ran

gin

g f

rom

0.4

to

7.9

cfs

. T

he

infl

uen

t p

ipe

was

est

imat

ed t

o b

e fl

ow

ing

fu

ll a

t ap

pro

xim

atel

y 3

.3 c

fs.

Th

e

entr

ance

to

th

e ef

flu

ent

pip

e w

as s

ub

mer

ged

at

app

rox

imat

ely

3.3

cfs

, an

d t

he

effl

uen

t pip

e w

as

mea

sure

d t

o b

e fl

ow

ing

fu

ll a

t th

e ta

p a

t ap

pro

xim

atel

y 5

cfs

. T

he

flow

did

not

over

top t

he

baf

fle

wal

ls a

t m

axim

um

flo

w.

Sed

imen

t R

emo

va

l E

ffic

ien

cy

Rem

oval

eff

icie

ncy

tes

ts w

ere

con

du

cted

at

fiv

e (5

) fl

ow

s ra

ngin

g f

rom

0.4

5 t

o 2

.25 c

fs w

ith a

targ

et i

nfl

uen

t se

dim

ent

conce

ntr

atio

n o

f 200 m

g/l

. O

ne

rand

om

sam

ple

was

co

llec

ted

fro

m t

he

cap

ture

d s

edim

ent

du

rin

g e

ach

tes

t fo

r p

arti

cle

size

dis

trib

uti

on

(PS

D)

anal

ysi

s.

Eac

h s

ample

was

an

aly

zed

usi

ng

th

e B

eck

man

Mu

ltis

izer

3 C

ou

lter

Co

un

ter.

It

nee

ds

to b

e n

ote

d t

hat

th

e

smal

lest

mea

sure

d p

arti

cle

size

fo

r al

l te

sts

exce

pt

the

0.7

5 c

fs t

est

(26 m

icro

ns)

do n

ot

corr

elat

e

wit

h t

he

mea

sure

d r

emo

val

eff

icie

ncy

res

ult

s.

This

is

most

lik

ely

du

e to

th

e li

mit

atio

ns

of

the

PS

D a

nal

ysi

s m

eth

od

olo

gy

to

bre

ak d

ow

n t

he

coag

ula

ted p

arti

cles

(ca

use

d b

y t

he

dry

ing

pro

cess

,

as d

escr

ibed

in S

ecti

on 5

.2.3

) to

th

eir

smal

lest

gra

in s

ize.

Sed

imen

t R

emo

val

Eff

icie

ncy

– 2

.25

cfs

Th

e av

erag

e fl

ow

re

cord

ed fo

r th

e en

tire

te

st w

as 10

14

.5 gp

m (2

.26

cf

s),

wit

h a

stan

dar

d

dev

iati

on

(S

D)

of

1.9

6.

Th

e re

cord

ed t

emp

erat

ure

fo

r th

e te

st w

as 6

5.0

deg

rees

F.

Th

e n

et

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wei

gh

t o

f se

dim

ent

inje

cted

was

21

.7 l

bs.

T

he

net

wei

ght

cap

ture

d w

as 9

.35 l

bs.

T

he

resu

ltin

g

sed

imen

t re

mo

val

eff

icie

ncy

was

43

.1%

. T

he

bac

kgro

und c

once

ntr

atio

ns

taken

at

the

star

t an

d

end

of

the

test

wer

e 5

.31

an

d 1

1.5

5 m

g/L

.

Th

e sm

alle

st c

aptu

red p

arti

cle

mea

sure

d w

as g

reat

er t

han

88

mic

ron

s.

Th

is d

ata

corr

elat

es f

airl

y

wel

l w

ith

th

e m

easu

red

rem

ov

al e

ffic

iency

of

43.1

%,

whic

h h

as a

n e

stim

ated

par

ticl

e si

ze o

f

app

rox

imat

ely

10

0 m

icro

ns.

Sed

imen

t R

emo

val

Eff

icie

ncy

– 1

.88

cfs

The

aver

age

flow

rec

ord

ed f

or

the

enti

re t

est

was

847.7

gp

m (

1.8

9 c

fs),

wit

h a

sta

ndar

d d

evia

tion

(SD

) o

f 3

.48

. T

he

reco

rded

tem

per

atu

re f

or

the

test

was

63

.1 d

egre

es F

. T

he

net

wei

gh

t o

f

sedim

ent

inje

cted

was

24.2

lb

s.

The

net

wei

ght

captu

red

was

11

.70

lb

s.

Th

e re

sult

ing

sed

imen

t

rem

ov

al e

ffic

ien

cy w

as 4

8.3

%.

The

bac

kgro

und c

once

ntr

atio

ns

taken

at

the

star

t an

d e

nd o

f th

e

test

wer

e 1.4

0 a

nd 5

.96 m

g/L

.

Th

e sm

alle

st c

aptu

red

par

ticl

e m

easu

red

was

gre

ater

th

an 8

8 m

icro

ns.

T

his

dat

a sh

ow

s a

larg

er

par

ticl

e si

ze t

han

anti

cip

ated

for

a re

moval

eff

icie

ncy

of

48.3

%,

whic

h h

as a

n e

stim

ated

par

ticl

e

size

of

app

rox

imat

ely

80

mic

ron

s.

Sed

imen

t R

emo

val

Eff

icie

ncy

– 1

.5 c

fs

The

aver

age

flow

rec

ord

ed f

or

the

enti

re t

est

was

677.6

gp

m (

1.5

1 c

fs),

wit

h a

sta

ndar

d d

evia

tion

(SD

) o

f 1

.43

. T

he

reco

rded

tem

per

atu

re f

or

the

test

was

70

.6 d

egre

es F

. T

he

net

wei

gh

t o

f

sedim

ent

inje

cted

was

21.0

lb

s.

The

net

wei

ght

captu

red

was

11

.50

lb

s.

Th

e re

sult

ing

sed

imen

t

rem

ov

al e

ffic

ien

cy w

as 5

4.8

%.

Bac

kg

rou

nd

co

nce

ntr

atio

n s

ample

s w

ere

no

t ta

ken

du

rin

g t

he

test

; h

ow

ever

, b

ack

gro

un

d l

evel

s w

ere

ob

serv

ed t

o b

e m

inim

al.

Th

e sm

alle

st c

aptu

red

par

ticl

e m

easu

red

was

gre

ater

th

an 7

4 m

icro

ns.

T

his

dat

a sh

ow

s a

larg

er

par

ticl

e si

ze t

han

anti

cip

ated

for

a re

moval

eff

icie

ncy

of

54.8

%,

whic

h h

as a

n e

stim

ated

par

ticl

e

size

of

app

rox

imat

ely

60

mic

ron

s.

Sed

imen

t R

emo

val

Eff

icie

ncy

– 0

.75

cfs

The

aver

age

flow

rec

ord

ed f

or

the

enti

re t

est

was

337.6

gp

m (

0.7

5 c

fs),

wit

h a

sta

ndar

d d

evia

tion

(SD

) o

f 1

.04

. T

he

reco

rded

tem

per

atu

re f

or

the

test

was

63

.5 d

egre

es F

. T

he

net

wei

gh

t o

f

sedim

ent

inje

cted

was

26.4

lb

s.

The

net

wei

ght

captu

red

was

16

.90

lb

s.

Th

e re

sult

ing

sed

imen

t

rem

ov

al e

ffic

ien

cy w

as 6

4.0

%.

The

bac

kgro

und c

once

ntr

atio

ns

taken

at

the

star

t an

d e

nd o

f th

e

test

wer

e 0.2

9 a

nd 5

.08 m

g/L

.

Th

e sm

alle

st c

aptu

red p

arti

cle

mea

sure

d w

as g

reat

er t

han

26

mic

ron

s.

Th

is d

ata

corr

elat

es f

airl

y

wel

l w

ith

th

e m

easu

red

rem

ov

al e

ffic

iency

of

64.0

%,

whic

h h

as a

n e

stim

ated

par

ticl

e si

ze o

f

app

rox

imat

ely

25

mic

ron

s.

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Sed

imen

t R

emo

val

Eff

icie

ncy

– 0

.45

cfs

The

aver

age

flow

rec

ord

ed f

or

the

enti

re t

est

was

203.3

gp

m (

0.4

5 c

fs),

wit

h a

sta

ndar

d d

evia

tion

(SD

) o

f 0

.50

. T

he

reco

rded

tem

per

atu

re f

or

the

test

was

64

.1 d

egre

es F

. T

he

net

wei

gh

t o

f

sedim

ent

inje

cted

was

18.5

lb

s.

The

net

wei

ght

captu

red

was

13

.70

lb

s.

Th

e re

sult

ing

sed

imen

t

rem

ov

al e

ffic

ien

cy w

as 7

4.1

%.

The

bac

kgro

und c

once

ntr

atio

ns

taken

at

the

star

t an

d e

nd o

f th

e

test

wer

e 5.1

3 a

nd 6

.26 m

g/L

.

Th

e sm

alle

st c

aptu

red

par

ticl

e m

easu

red

was

gre

ater

th

an 6

2 m

icro

ns.

T

his

dat

a sh

ow

s a

larg

er

par

ticl

e si

ze t

han

anti

cip

ated

for

a re

moval

eff

icie

ncy

of

74.1

%,

whic

h h

as a

n e

stim

ated

par

ticl

e

size

of

app

rox

imat

ely

12

mic

ron

s.

Sum

mary

Th

e ca

lcu

late

d r

emo

val

eff

icie

nci

es r

ang

ed f

rom

43

.1%

to

74

.1%

fo

r th

e fi

ve

test

s co

nd

uct

ed.

Th

e te

stin

g d

ata

sum

mar

y i

s sh

ow

n i

n T

able

4an

d t

he

rem

ov

al e

ffic

ien

cy c

urv

e is

sh

ow

n o

n

Fig

ure

5.

Tab

le 4

Sed

imen

t R

emoval

Eff

icie

ncy

Tes

tin

g S

um

mary

Mo

dif

ied

ma

ss b

ala

nce

met

ho

d

Ta

rget

Flo

w

(cfs

)

Rec

ord

ed F

low

(cfs

)

Inje

cted

Wt.

(lb

s)

Cap

ture

d W

t.

(lb

s)

Eff

icie

ncy

(%)

2.2

52.2

621.7

9.3

543.1

1.8

81.8

924.2

11.7

48.3

1.5

01.5

121.0

11.5

54.8

0.7

50.7

526.4

16.9

64.0

0.4

50.4

518.5

13.7

74.1

Th

e H

G 6

rem

ov

al e

ffic

ien

cy c

urv

e p

lott

ed i

n F

igu

re 5

was

use

d t

o d

eter

min

e re

mo

val

effi

cien

cies

at

25

%, 5

0%

, 7

5%

, 1

00

% a

nd

12

5%

of

the

trea

tmen

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ow

(1

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fs)

in o

rder

to

calc

ula

te a

n N

JCA

T w

eighte

d e

ffic

ien

cy o

f 6

0.5

%.

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e re

mo

val

effi

cien

cies

an

d t

he

wei

gh

ted

effi

cien

cy d

ata

are

sho

wn

in

Tab

le 5

.

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Fig

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yea

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f th

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esti

ng o

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ly h

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wat

er c

an g

ener

ally

be

dis

po

sed

of

at a

lice

nse

d w

ater

tre

atm

ent

faci

lity

, b

ut

the

loca

l se

wer

au

tho

rity

sh

ou

ld b

e co

nta

cted

fo

r p

erm

issi

on

pri

or

to d

isch

argin

g t

he

liquid

. S

ign

ific

ant

accu

mu

lati

on

s o

f oil

rem

ov

ed s

epar

atel

y f

rom

th

e

Hy

dro

gu

ard s

epar

ator

sho

uld

be

tran

spo

rted

to

a l

icen

sed

haz

ard

ou

s w

aste

tre

atm

ent

faci

lity

fo

r

trea

tmen

t o

r d

isp

osa

l.

In

al

l ca

ses,

lo

cal

regula

tors

sh

ould

b

e co

nta

cted

ab

out

dis

po

sal

req

uir

emen

ts.

Mai

nte

nan

ce o

f th

e H

yd

row

ork

s H

G s

epar

ato

r ty

pic

ally

tak

es 1

to

2 h

ou

rs.

6.

Tec

hn

ica

l E

va

lua

tio

n A

na

lysi

s

6.1

Ver

ific

ati

on

of

Per

form

an

ce C

laim

Bas

ed o

n t

he

eval

uat

ion

of

the

resu

lts

fro

m l

abo

rato

ry s

tudie

s, s

uff

icie

nt

dat

a ar

e av

aila

ble

to

sup

po

rt H

yd

row

ork

s’ c

laim

.

Cla

im –

The

Hydro

work

s H

G 6

sep

arat

or,

at

a tr

eatm

ent

flo

w r

ate

of

1.8

cfs

(8

08

gp

m,

28

.6

gp

m/f

t2),

has

bee

n s

ho

wn

by

mas

s b

alan

ce t

esti

ng

to

hav

e a

60

.5%

so

lid

s re

mo

val

eff

icie

ncy

(as

per

th

e N

JDE

P m

eth

od

olo

gy

fo

r ca

lcu

lati

on

of

trea

tmen

t ef

fici

ency

) u

sin

g N

JDE

P s

pec

ifie

d

mat

eria

l w

ith

an

av

erag

e d

50 p

arti

cle

size

of

70

mic

ron

s, i

nfl

uen

t co

nce

ntr

atio

n o

f 200 m

g/L

and

0%

in

itia

l se

dim

ent

load

ing

in

lab

ora

tory

stu

die

s u

sin

g s

imula

ted

sto

rmw

ater

.

6.2

Lim

itati

on

s

As

wit

h a

ny s

torm

wat

er q

ual

ity

tre

atm

ent

pra

ctic

e, l

ack o

f in

spec

tio

ns

and

mai

nte

nan

ce w

ill

lead

to r

edu

ced

per

form

ance

.

6.2

.1

Fact

ors

Cau

sin

gU

nd

er-P

erfo

rman

ce

As

sto

rmw

ater

tre

atm

ent

stru

ctu

res

fill

up

wit

h p

oll

uta

nts

th

ey b

eco

me

less

an

d l

ess

effe

ctiv

e in

rem

ov

ing

n

ew

po

llu

tio

n.

Th

eref

ore

it

is

im

po

rtan

t th

at

sto

rmw

ater

tr

eatm

ent

stru

ctu

res

be

mai

nta

ined

on

a r

egu

lar

bas

is t

o e

nsu

re t

hat

they

are

op

erat

ing a

t op

tim

um

per

form

ance

. T

he

Hy

dro

gu

ard

se

par

ato

r is

n

o

dif

fere

nt

in

this

re

gar

d.

Duri

ng

th

e co

nst

ruct

ion

p

erio

d,

the

Hy

dro

gu

ard

sep

arat

or

sho

uld

be

insp

ecte

d e

ver

y t

wo

wee

ks

and

aft

er e

ver

y l

arg

e st

orm

(>

0.5

” o

f

rain

).

Du

rin

g t

he

po

st-c

on

stru

ctio

n p

erio

d,

the

Hydro

work

s H

ydro

guar

d s

epar

ator

should

be

insp

ecte

d o

nce

per

yea

r fo

r n

orm

al s

tab

iliz

ed s

ites

(g

rass

ed o

r p

aved

area

s).

If t

he

unit

is

subje

ct 21

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to o

il s

pil

ls o

r ru

noff

fro

m u

nst

abil

ized

(st

ora

ge

pil

es,

expose

d s

oil

s) a

reas

, th

e H

G s

epar

ator

sho

uld

be

insp

ecte

d m

ore

fre

qu

entl

y (

4 t

imes

per

yea

r).

If t

he

Hydro

guar

d s

epar

ato

r h

as r

each

ed

max

imu

m st

ora

ge

cap

acit

y o

f fl

oat

able

s o

r se

dim

ent

and has

not

bee

n se

rvic

ed,

one

would

exp

ect

to s

ee a

n i

ncr

ease

in

res

usp

ensi

on o

f ca

ptu

red p

oll

uta

nts

or

sed

imen

t.

Mai

nte

nan

ce o

f th

e

Hy

dro

gu

ard

sep

arat

or

sho

uld

be

per

form

ed b

y p

rop

erly

tra

ined

an

d c

erti

fied

per

son

nel

uti

lizi

ng

all

req

uir

ed O

SH

A r

equ

irem

ents

.T

he

actu

al m

ain

ten

ance

in

terv

al i

s dri

ven

by

th

e si

te p

oll

uta

nt

load

ing

char

acte

rist

ics.

Q

uar

terl

y f

ield

in

spec

tion

s w

ill

min

imiz

e th

e p

ote

nti

al f

or

a fa

ilure

.

Up

on

co

mple

tio

n o

f th

e co

nst

ruct

ion p

roje

ct t

he

syst

em s

hould

be

clea

ned

and c

lear

ed o

f an

y

deb

ris

or

sed

imen

t p

rio

r to

rel

ease

to

th

e o

wner

. T

his

pro

cess

wil

l pre

ven

t a

nee

d f

or

earl

y

clea

no

ut

or

the

po

ten

tial

fo

r u

nd

er p

erfo

rman

ce.

6.2

.2P

oll

uta

nt

Tra

nsf

orm

ati

on

an

d R

elea

se

Th

e H

yd

row

ork

s H

G

6

sep

arat

or

wil

l n

ot

crea

te

add

itio

nal

p

oll

uta

nts

in

th

e d

ow

nst

ream

env

iro

nm

ent;

ho

wev

er i

f th

e sy

stem

is

no

t in

spec

ted a

nd s

ervic

ed o

n a

reg

ula

r m

ainte

nan

ce c

ycl

e

du

e to

th

e co

nst

ant

wat

er p

oo

l in

th

e ch

amb

ers

ther

e m

ay b

e a

tran

sfo

rmat

ion

of

the

trap

ped

po

llu

tan

ts t

hat

co

uld

occ

ur

insi

de

the

syst

em.

Org

anic

mat

ter

is o

ne

exam

ple

wher

e st

udie

s hav

e

sho

wn

th

at

the

dec

om

po

siti

on

of

the

coll

ecte

d

mat

ter

has

p

rod

uce

d

ph

osp

hat

es

or

nit

rate

s.

Sed

imen

t co

llec

ted

in

the

syst

em w

ill

no

t b

e lo

st d

uri

ng

no

rmal

op

erat

ing

co

nd

itio

ns

wit

h t

he

use

of

a re

gu

lar

mai

nte

nan

ce p

rog

ram

as d

icta

ted

du

rin

g i

nsp

ecti

on

s.

6.2

.3S

ensi

tivit

y t

o H

eavy S

edim

ent

Load

ing

Hea

vy

sed

imen

t lo

ads

may

req

uir

e a

sho

rter

mai

nte

nan

ce i

nte

rval

or

po

ten

tial

ly c

ause

th

e sy

stem

to r

e-su

spen

d c

aptu

red

po

llu

tan

ts.

If u

nfo

rese

en e

xce

ssiv

e p

oll

uta

nts

are

co

llec

ted

fro

m t

he

site

and

was

hed

in

to t

he

syst

em (

e.g

. d

ue

to c

on

stru

ctio

n a

ctiv

itie

s o

n o

r ar

ou

nd

th

e si

te,

exce

ssiv

e or

oth

er t

han

norm

al s

ite

traf

fic,

co

nst

ruct

ion

act

ivit

y i

n t

he

pat

h o

f tr

affi

c en

teri

ng

th

e tr

eatm

ent

area

) w

hen

th

e sy

stem

is

n

ear

full

ca

pac

ity

, re

susp

ensi

on

o

f se

dim

ent

may

re

sult

. R

egu

lar

insp

ecti

on

or

incr

ease

d i

nsp

ecti

on

du

rin

g t

hes

e ti

mes

of

po

tenti

al i

ncr

ease

d s

edim

ent

load

ing

is

reco

mm

end

ed t

o m

inim

ize

any

fai

lure

in H

yd

rog

uar

d s

epar

ato

r p

erfo

rman

ce.

6.2

.4

Mo

squ

ito

es

Th

e H

yd

row

ork

s H

yd

rog

uar

d s

epar

ato

r is

a w

et c

ham

ber

sy

stem

th

at w

ill

con

tain

wat

er c

oll

ecte

d

du

rin

g n

orm

al o

per

atio

n a

nd

ret

ained

aft

er e

ven

ts.

Th

e v

olu

me

of

wat

er c

on

tain

ed m

ay d

ecre

ase

du

rin

g l

on

g d

ry s

pel

ls d

ue

to e

vap

ora

tio

n;

ho

wev

er t

her

e is

th

e p

oss

ibil

ity

fo

r th

is t

o b

e an

are

a o

f

con

cern

fo

r th

e b

reed

ing

of

mosq

uit

oes

.

7.

Net

En

vir

on

men

tal

Ben

efit

(N

EB

)

Once

th

e H

ydro

work

s H

G

sep

arat

or

has

b

een

gra

nte

d

inte

rim

ce

rtif

icat

ion

by

th

e N

JDE

P,

Hy

dro

wo

rks,

LL

C w

ill

pro

ceed

to

in

stal

l an

d m

onit

or

a sy

stem

in

th

e fi

eld

fo

r th

e p

urp

ose

of

ach

ievin

g

goal

s se

t b

y

the

Tie

r II

P

roto

col

and

fi

nal

ce

rtif

icat

ion

.

At

that

ti

me

a n

et

env

iro

nm

enta

l b

enef

it

eval

uat

ion

w

ill

be

com

ple

ted

.

Ho

wev

er,

it

sho

uld

be

no

ted

th

e

22

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Hydro

work

s H

G s

epar

ator

has

no m

ovin

g p

arts

, an

d t

her

efo

re,

use

s n

o w

ater

or

ener

gy.

8.

Ref

eren

ces

Mai

llo

ux

, J.

T.,

an

d H

um

ph

rey

, A

. N

. (2

00

8).

Ver

ific

atio

n T

esti

ng

of

the

Hy

dro

gu

ard

HG

6

Hy

dro

dy

nam

ic S

epar

ato

r S

torm

wat

er T

reat

men

t U

nit

. P

rep

ared

for

Hydro

work

s, L

LC

,

Ken

ilw

ort

h, N

J. D

ecem

ber

23

, 2

00

8.

23

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24

Ap

pen

dix

A

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Figure A.1 Hydroworks HG 6 Test Unit

25

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Figure A.2 Alden’s Stormwater Laboratory Flow Loop

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E

D

BC

AA

Fig

ure

A.3

Pre

ssu

re T

ap

Lo

cati

on

s

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