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Table 13.4<br />

Design features of the Cape Coral water treatment system<br />

Plant data Plant 1 Plant 2<br />

Production capability 6 MGD 9 MGD<br />

Raw water supply Lower Hawthorn aquifer Lower Hawthorn aquifer<br />

Brackish water Brackish water<br />

10 wells (approximately 700-ft<br />

deep)<br />

12 wells (approximately 700-ft<br />

deep)<br />

Production unit data<br />

Number of production units 10 8<br />

Operating RO pressure (psi) 250 160<br />

Recovery (%) 75 85<br />

Pressure vessel array 10 (first stage) 16 (first stage)<br />

7 (second stage) 8 (second stage)<br />

4 (third stage)<br />

Number of elements/vessel 4 7<br />

Number of elements/production<br />

unit<br />

<strong>Membrane</strong> element data<br />

84 168<br />

Manufacturer Fluid systems Hydranautics<br />

Model number 8021 LP 8040-LSY-CPA2<br />

Configuration Spiral-wound Spiral-wound<br />

Type Thin film composite Thin film composite polyamide<br />

Minimum salt rejection (%) 97.5 99<br />

Table 13.5<br />

Water quality in the Cape Coral water treatment system<br />

Parameters Raw water RO reject Plant effluent<br />

pH 7.7 6.8 8.8<br />

Total hardness as calcium carbonate (ppm) 500 2,500 80<br />

Calcium hardness as calcium carbonate (ppm) 190 850 30<br />

Magnesium hardness as calcium carbonate (ppm) 310 1,650 50<br />

Conductivity (ms/cm) 2,400 9,000 575<br />

Total dissolved solids (ppm) 1,534 6,390 313<br />

Chlorides (ppm) 600 2,550 150<br />

Fluorides (ppm) 2 1.6 0.7<br />

Residual chlorine (ppm) 1.82<br />

Turbidity (NTU) 0.66

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