Taming Tigers and Wrestling Anacondas Pender County Commerce Park WWTP NC AWWA - WEA Annual Conference November 18, 2014

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1 Taming Tigers and Wrestling Anacondas Pender County Commerce Park WWTP 2014 NC AWWA - WEA Annual Conference November 18, 2014

2 Pender County North Carolina Bladen County Pender County Columbus County Brunswick County New Hanover County City of Wilmington

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4 Project Location Interstate 40 Interstate 140 City of Wilmington

5 Facts are stubborn things, but sta5s5cs are more pliable. - - Mark Twain

6 Economic Decline Table 1. Job Losses in Manufacturing by Industry, Computers/ Primary Trans. Paper/ Fabricated Year All Electronics Garments Textiles Metals Equip. Printing Metals % Chge. - 29% - 35% - 78% - 67% - 59% - 26% - 30% - 21% Abs. Chge. - 5, Table 1. Job Losses in Manufacturing by Industry, Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics

7 Economic Decline Table 2. Manufacturing Trade Deficit Growth, By Industry, Item Total Oil & Gas Computer & Electronic Products Apparel Electrical Equipment Chemicals Change (US$ bil.) Table By Industry, 2. Manufacturing Trade Deficit Growth, Source: US International Trade Administration

8 Economic Decline 1500

9 Economic Decline It might seem obvious, but the second thing that is needed to help people find jobs...is jobs. - - Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Chair

10 Project Location Pender County Commerce Park Interstate 40 Interstate 140 City of Wilmington

11 Acme Smoked Fish Facility Pender Commerce Park Pender County Commerce Park Proposed 0.5 MGD WWTP Pender County New Hanover County ExisWng 2 MGD Water Treatment Plant Prior BASF Industrial Facility ExisWng Discharge OuYall Cape Fear River

12 Industry Competition/Recruitment v Acme Smoke Fish Brooklyn, NY v April Pender County Vs. Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) v High-strength waste stream v No pre-treatment major decision point for industry v 0.5 MGD WWTP Selected as initial phase v Would be located at Pender County Commerce Park Co- locate with exis/ng 2 MGD WTP

13 Challenges v Waste Strength v Permit v EA/FONSI v Schedule v Costs

14 DESIGN INFLUENT WASTEWATER LOADING INFLUENT PARAMETER Industrial User 1 Domestic Total Average Daily Flow (MGD) Max Day (MGD) N/A Peak Hourly Flow (MGD) N/A Organic Loading (BOD5) SUMMER (Apr. 1 to Oct. 31) (mg/l) 3, (lbs/d) 2, ,465 Winter (Nov. 1 to Mar. 31) (mg/l) 3, (lbs/d) 2, ,465 Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) 1, (lbs/d) ,605 TKN (mg/l) (lbs/d) NH3- N (mg/l) (lbs/d) Total Phosphorus (mg/l) Design Loading & Permit Limits EFFLUENT PARAMETER Monthly Avg. Weekly Avg. Flow (MGD) BOD, 5- day, 20 O C (Summer) (mg/l) BOD, 5- day, 20 O C (Winter) (mg/l) Total Suspended Solids (mg/l) NH3 as N, (Summer) (mg/l) NH3 as N, (Winter) (mg/l) Fecal Coliforms (Geometric Mean) 200/100mL 400/100mL Dissolved Oxygen (mg/l) ph Not Less Than 6.0 Between 6.0 and 9.0 s.u. v Acme 100,000 GPD IniWal v 400,000 GPD reserved for future tenants (lbs/d)

15 Process Selection v Eliminate pre- treatment for industry v Adaptable/expandable for future flows v Adaptable to meet RCW standards v Green/Sustainable/Different

16 Process Overview

17 Greenhouse / MBBR / FFR Greenhouse Fixed Film Reactors Moving Bed Bioreactors

18 Greenhouse / Fixed Film Reactors

19 Permit & EA Approach Original Concept v 2009 Inter- local Agreement CFPUA & Pender v Jointly construct 0.5 MGD WWTP v CFPUA NPDES 4 MGD Permit v Pender Land Co- located with Pender WTP Revised Approach v NPDES Permit transferred to Pender County v ILA Amended CFPUA maintained right to acquire capacity in future expansions v FONSI Acquired 2010 transferred with permit ownership

20 Schedule Challenges v Acme selected Pender County August 2013 v OperaWonal by October/November 2014 v NTP Design September 2013

21 Two Phases Phase 1 Pump & Haul Phase 2 WWTP Completed Solutions Phase 1 ü Consult with DENR for Pump & Haul approach ü U5lize In- Plant PS, Equaliza5on Basin, Acid Feed ü Acquired ATC July 2014 ü P&H Permit acquire October 2014 Phase 2 ü Construct remaining facili5es ü Maintain P&H opera5ons during construc5on ü Adver5sed for Bids November 10, 2014 ü Complete construc5on Spring 2016

22 Phase I P&H System Overview In- Plant PS ` SS From Commerce Park P&H Truck Load Out EqualizaWon Basin

23 0.5 MGD Phase II Facility Overview In- Plant PS Moving Bed Bioreactor Blowers & Electrical Generator SS From Commerce Park P&H Truck Load Out ` Screen & Grit Removal EqualizaBon Basin (future) (future) Greenhouse & Submerged Fixed Film Reactor Chemical Feed & Storage (future) Secondary Clarifiers RAS/WAS PS Disk Filters (future) Aerobic Digesters (future) Expandable To 4 MGD Sludge Loading StaWon To Cape Fear River Effluent PS UV DisinfecWon

24 Probable Construction Costs Item Amount Phase I $1.9M Phase II $12.8M Total Proposed Construction Budget $14.7M

25 Funding Partners $ 4 MM v EDA v CDBG v Golden Leaf FoundaWon v Rural Economic Development Center

26 Summary ü Creative approach to help alract industry ü Local Collaboration ü Funding Collaboration ü Regulatory Collaboration

27 Transforma5on through collabora5on. - - RTCC mantra

28 Crea5ve collabora5on is awesome. - - Alicia Silverstone

29 Tim Baldwin, PE McKim & Creed