San Manuel, Arizona
| Location: | San Manuel, Arizona |
| Development Type: | Municipal |
| GPD: | 350,000 GPD |
| Treatment Level: | Tertiary |
| Discharge: | Golf Course |
| Number of Phases: | 1 |
Background
The Town of San Manuel is located in the heart of the Galiuro Mountains. At the time when Santec Corporation was contacted, the majority of the sewer infrastructure for the town was over fifty years old. The new utility hired Santec Corporation to design and build a modern water reclamation facility that meets the current standards for wastewater reuse.
The Original wastewater treatment plant was constructed in 1953 and consisted of primary treatment followed by treatment of the wastewater in oxidation ponds. A seamless transition during construction was provided by Santec's providing staff to operate the existing facility. Because the original facility was permitted as part of the mining operation, a new Aquifer Protection Permit was required.
In the Design of the New Facility, Santec focused on three key elements during the design phase of the project; 1) Class B+ reclaimed water quality standards for effluent, 2) Minimization of operating expenses and 3) Maximize value of expenditures.
The new facility consists of automated headworks incorporating a spiralift, flow equalization and pumping, 4 stage anoxic/ aeration/ anoxic/ reaeration process, secondary clarifier, disinfection and effluent pumping system. In addition to the typical Fiberglass tank construction utilized in Santec water reclamation facilities, this plant incorporates more traditional, concrete elements such as the circular clarifier and headworks system. This blended approach provides all the benefits of an underground design (noise, odor and aesthetic control) with the open access of standard wastewater treatment systems.
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