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Technologies and Costs for Removal of Arsenic From Drinking Water

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Basis. The <strong>Water</strong> Model provided construction cost estimates <strong>for</strong> a variety <strong>of</strong> conceptualdesigns (6). Construction cost components included process costs such as manufacturedequipment <strong>and</strong> media, concrete, pipes <strong>and</strong> valves, electrical <strong>and</strong> instrumentation as well asconstruction costs such as excavation <strong>and</strong> sitework. The conceptual designs are based on anEBCT <strong>of</strong> 7.5 minutes. Since this design is using a total EBCT <strong>of</strong> 10 minutes (two 5-minEBCTs in series), the activated alumina costs were adjusted to estimate the contribution <strong>of</strong>each component to the construction cost. The weighted percentage <strong>of</strong> each component wascalculated <strong>for</strong> both EBCT values. The weighted percentages <strong>for</strong> concrete, pipe <strong>and</strong> valves <strong>and</strong>electrical <strong>and</strong> instrumentation were then expressed as a percentage <strong>of</strong> the manufacturedequipment <strong>and</strong> activated alumina costs. This was done <strong>for</strong> the data with an EBCT <strong>of</strong> 10minutes. Concrete was 3.17%, pipe <strong>and</strong> valves were 15.18%, <strong>and</strong> electrical <strong>and</strong>instrumentation were 11.12% <strong>of</strong> the equipment <strong>and</strong> media costs. However, the designs in the<strong>Water</strong> Model include pipes, valves, <strong>and</strong> instrumentation <strong>for</strong> the sulfuric acid <strong>and</strong> sodiumhydroxide feed systems in the regeneration process. Those are not needed in this design.There<strong>for</strong>e, the pipe <strong>and</strong> valves percentage has been reduced by a factor <strong>of</strong> 2. The electrical<strong>and</strong> instrumentation were reduced by a factor <strong>of</strong> 3 because pH sensors <strong>and</strong> alarms are notneeded <strong>and</strong> the electrical needs are drastically reduced. The main electrical components <strong>of</strong>the activated alumina process in the <strong>Water</strong> Model are day tank mixers <strong>and</strong> pumps used <strong>for</strong>regeneration <strong>and</strong> the electrical immersion heater <strong>for</strong> the sodium hydroxide tank. None <strong>of</strong> thesecomponents are needed in this design. The adjusted cost factor is 14.43%. The other processcosts were calculated by multiplying the adjusted factor by the sum <strong>of</strong> the manufacturedequipment <strong>and</strong> activated alumina costs. The sum <strong>of</strong> the other process costs <strong>and</strong> themanufactured equipment <strong>and</strong> activated alumina costs is the total process costs. For the designswith pH adjustment, a separate module has been developed including pipes <strong>and</strong> valves <strong>for</strong>those chemical feed systems.11. The capital costs have been estimated from the total process costs using a factor <strong>of</strong> 2.5 <strong>for</strong>small systems <strong>and</strong> 3.33 <strong>for</strong> large systems.Basis. The capital costs have been estimated from the process equipment costs using the ratioin the Guide <strong>for</strong> Implementing Phase I <strong>Water</strong> Treatment Cost Upgrades (8). The process costswere assumed to be 40% <strong>of</strong> the capital costs <strong>for</strong> small systems. The breakdown <strong>of</strong> capitalD-6

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