Design, Construction and Operation of Lenox Water Treatment Plant, Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Part 1 and Part 2

摘要

Lenox Water Treatment Plant is the first full-scale (1 MGD) potable flotation plant built in America. The treatment plant consisting of chemical flocculation, dissolved air flotation and automatic backwash filtration, has been serving about 6500 residents in the Town of Lenox, Massachusetts since July 19, 1982. The plant effluent always meets Water Standards for turbidity, pH, and color. This technical report fully documents: the daily, weekly and monthly operational data; chemical treatment data; removal data on total coliforms, volatile organics, turbidity, and color; down time records; sludge generation and characteristics; important analytical procedures; plant operational procedures.