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Technologies and Costs for Removal of Arsenic From Drinking Water

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6. The capital costs include a redundant column to allow the system to operate while the mediais being regenerated in the other column.Basis. A redundant vessel has been included <strong>for</strong> each anion exchange column. While the anionexchange column is being regenerated, the other column can produce drinking water.Redundant columns were not included at either <strong>of</strong> the two full-scale arsenic anion exchangeplants (5).7. The other equipment cost elements are the brine tank, brine pump <strong>and</strong> mixer. <strong>Costs</strong> <strong>for</strong> thebrine tank were based on 30-day storage. Separate costs were prepared <strong>for</strong> the two sulfateranges based on the number <strong>of</strong> regenerations per month.Basis. Brine tank costs were based on the salt needed to per<strong>for</strong>m regenerations every 1500bed volumes <strong>and</strong> 700 bed volumes over a 30 day period. Cost data from RS Means“Environmental Remediation Cost Data” on plastic storage tanks were used to develop thebrine tank costs (7). Data from this source were also used <strong>for</strong> the brine pump costs. Amanufacturer cost estimate was used <strong>for</strong> the brine mixer.8. The remaining components <strong>of</strong> the process equipment include concrete, pipe <strong>and</strong> valves <strong>and</strong>electrical <strong>and</strong> instrumentation. A cost factor <strong>of</strong> 25.02% <strong>of</strong> the manufactured equipment <strong>and</strong>activated alumina was used <strong>for</strong> these other construction cost components.Basis. The <strong>Water</strong> Model provided construction cost estimates <strong>for</strong> a variety <strong>of</strong> conceptualdesigns (3). 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 weighted percentages <strong>for</strong> concrete,pipe <strong>and</strong> valves <strong>and</strong> electrical <strong>and</strong> instrumentation were expressed as a percentage <strong>of</strong> themanufactured equipment costs. Resin costs were included in the manufactured equipmentcosts. Concrete was 7.32%, steel was 9.51%, pipe <strong>and</strong> valves were 3.02%, <strong>and</strong> electrical<strong>and</strong> instrumentation were 5.16% <strong>of</strong> the equipment costs. The total was 25.02%.E-3

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