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TM3: Recycled <strong>Wastewater</strong> System Components and Costs<br />

<strong>Recycling</strong> <strong>Treated</strong> <strong>Municipal</strong> <strong>Wastewater</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Industrial</strong> <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Use</strong><br />

Craddock Consulting Engineers 37<br />

In Association with CDM & James Crook<br />

TM3-Component&Costs_0707<br />

specific site conditions but generally will be of the same magnitude as concrete basins<br />

and gravity filters.<br />

The treatment costs, estimated in terms of the cost of service (annualized capital cost<br />

plus O&M cost) in $/1000 gallons, to provide water with lower solids concentrations,<br />

reduced risk of pathogens, and if lime is used, reduced hardness and salts, is<br />

approximately $1.75/1000 gallons <strong>for</strong> a 1 mgd supply. The cost per 1000 gallons drops<br />

to less than $0.50/1000 gallons <strong>for</strong> a 30 mgd supply.<br />

5.6.3 Tertiary 2-Membrane Filtration<br />

Industries with water uses that have less stringent dissolved constituent limits can use<br />

membrane filtration to meet the regulatory requirements <strong>for</strong> reclaimed uses with<br />

potential <strong>for</strong> human contact. Tertiary 2 water could meet the quality requirements <strong>for</strong><br />

some cooling water applications. However, as water is recycled internally several<br />

times in the process, concentrations will increase and WWTP effluent may not<br />

provide a suitable supply because of high chlorides or hardness. Another example<br />

industry would be cement production, which requires lower iron and manganese, but<br />

can use water with TDS as high as 600 mg/L. The process train <strong>for</strong> membrane<br />

filtration, shown in Figure 9, consists of membrane modules and the related piping <strong>for</strong><br />

waste streams and appurtenances <strong>for</strong> chemical treatment<br />

The treatment costs, expressed as cost of service, <strong>for</strong> membrane filtration are<br />

estimated to be $1.10/1000 gallons <strong>for</strong> a 1 mgd supply. The cost per 1000 gallons<br />

levels out after 15 mgd at around $0.75/10000 gallons.<br />

Advanced<br />

Secondary<br />

Effluent<br />

Microfiltration Disinfection<br />

Figure 9. Tertiary 2 – Membrane Filtration<br />

5.6.4 Tertiary 3-Membrane Softening<br />

As discussed under Tertiary 1 water, many industrial uses require water that is at<br />

least partially softened. Section 3.2.4 identified the different membrane softening<br />

technologies available. For this study, reverse osmosis was used to estimate the costs<br />

of membrane softening. Reverse osmosis requires a pre-filtered water supply. The<br />

cost model assumes use of microfiltration and cartridge filtration, as shown in Figure<br />

10.

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