WaterTrax presentation: Are you ready for the MWWE Strategy?

• 1. Data Management WaterTrax Are you Ready for the MWWES?Andrew Lewis, P.Eng. Director Product Strategy

2. GoToWebinar Controls Click the button with the arrows to minimize your GoToWebinar controlsType your questions for us into the boxat the bottom and press Send 3. Presentation Topics 1. MWWES Monitoring Requirements 2. Saint John Water Case Study Introduction to Saint John Water Historical Data Management Practices Data Management Options Solution 4. MWWE Strategy BiosolidsSource ControlCSOsWWTPs StormwaterSSOsWithin scope of MWWES Receiving Environment 5. MWWE Strategy TimelineFeb 2009 Feb 2012MWWES endorsedRevised Provincial/Territorial regulationsExcept by PQ, NL, NUProvincial/Territorial & Federal agreements Effluent quality being monitored at all WWTPs All WWTPs meet public reporting requirementsFeb 2014Mechanism for receivingenvironment monitoringDec 2010Final Fisheries Act Regulation Dec 2009 Draft Fisheries Act RegulationDec 2039All WWTPs meet NPS 6. MWWE Strategy - NPS National Performance Standards (NPS) 25 mg/L TSS 25 mg/L CBOD 0.02 mg/L TRC Non-toxicFacility Size Annual Average Daily Flow Basis for TSS and (m3/d) CBOD ComplianceVery Small 500Quarterly Average Small 500 2,500Quarterly AverageMedium 2,500 17, 500Quarterly Average Large17,500 50,000 Monthly AverageVery Large> 50,000Monthly Average 7. MWWE Strategy - NPS CSOs No increase in CSO frequency due to development orredevelopment, unless it occurs as part of an approvedcombined sewer overflow management plan No CSOs during dry weather, except during spring thawand emergencies Removal of floatable materials where feasible Monitoring Occurrence Frequency Duration Volume 8. MWWE Strategy NPS SSOs No increase in SSO frequency due to development orredevelopment No SSOs during dry weather, except during springthaw and emergencies Monitoring Occurrence Frequency Duration Volume 9. MWWE Strategy EDOs Initial wastewater characterization Receiving environment monitoring Risk analysis Establish site-specific EDOs 10. MWWE Strategy EDOsInitial Characterization Characterize industrial discharges into sewer system One year WWTP effluent monitoring to determinewhats in the discharge At end of year, monitor the receiving environment tosee if the discharge is harming the environment and/orhuman health Applies to all facilities that discharge 10 m3/day 11. MWWE Strategy EDOs Initial CharacterizationWWTP Effluent Monitoring Requirements CBOD5. TSS Substances Facility AcuteChronic TRC1 Pathogens2 and and TestSize ToxicityToxicityNutrients3 Groups4 VeryDailyMonthlyn/a n/a n/a SmallSmallDaily Monthly n/aQuarterly Quarterly Medium Daily Every two weeksQuarterly Quarterly Quarterly Twice per LargeWeekly Quarterly Monthly MonthlydayThree Verytimes per5 days/week Quarterly Monthly Monthly Large day 12. MWWE Strategy EDOsInitial Characterization Monitoring Requirements 1. TRC only monitored when chlorine is used. Ifdechlorination agent is used, can monitor for that instead 2. Pathogens could include E-coli 3. Nutrients = Total ammonia, TKN and Total Phosphorous 4. Substances and test groups include:a) Fluoride, Nitrate, Nitrate + Nitrite, Total Extractable Metals and Metal Hydrides, Phenolic Compounds, Surfactantsb) Substances that may be present due to industrial or commercial discharges into the sewer system 5. Intermittent discharges two samples required during each discharge event (beginningand end of discharge) Would not require more than what is required for a continuousdischarge facility of same size 13. MWWE Strategy EDOs Initial characterization monitoring requirements WWTP Effluent 24 hour flow proportional composite samples Collect during full commercial/industrial activity Normal operations Dont monitor when flows affected by thaw or storm events Industrial discharge monitoring? 14. MWWE Strategy MonitoringCompliance (Ongoing) Monitoring RequirementsFacility TSS andAcuteChronicTRC1 EDOs Size CBOD5ToxicityToxicityVerySite Daily Monthly2n/a n/aSmallSpecificSiteSmallDaily Monthly2n/a n/a Specific Every twoSite MediumDaily Quarterly QuarterlyweeksSpecific Twice perSiteLarge Weekly Quarterly Quarterly day Specific Three5VerySite times per days/weeMonthly MonthlyLargeSpecificday k 15. MWWE Strategy Monitoring Compliance Monitoring Requirements1. TRC only needs to be monitored at WWTPs that use chlorine. The dechlorination agent may be monitored instead of TRC2. TSS and CBOD monitoring may be reduced to quarterly for lagoons and any facility that discharges less than 100 m3/d (average)3. Very small and small WWTPs that have industries discharging into their sewer systems must monitor based on a medium size facility4. For intermittent discharges, TSS, CBOD5 and TRC must be monitored once during the discharge event or every two weeks if the discharges exceeds one month 16. MWWE Strategy Summary Endorsed in Feb 09 NPS 25/25/0.02 CBOD/TSS/TRC Non-toxic effluent No increase in CSOs and SSOs EDOs Initial Characterization Industry inventory Receiving Environment Monitoring Risk Analysis Ongoing Compliance Monitoring Model Sewer-use Bylaw 17. City of Saint John, NB Oldest incorporated city in Canada Population = 70,000 Saint John Water - water and sewage services for the CitySaint John, NB 18. Saint John Water Current Infrastructure 7 WWTPs 1 lagoon system Meets NPS 1 RBC system Does not meet NPS for TSS and TRC 2 trickling filter systems Do not meet CBOD and TSS NPS 3 activated sludge systemsSaint John Water Millidgeville WWTF 2 meet NPS 1 does not meet NPS for TRC 510 km of sanitary and storm sewers Extensive network of combined sewers and CSOs 19. Saint John Water Projects to meet MWWES Replacing 2 activated sludge plants with one new plant with UV disinfection Includes the WWTP that does not currently meet TRC NPS Upgrading or replacing RBC & trickling filter facilities to meet the NPS Identifying and mapping all combined sewers and CSOs 20. Saint John Water Projects to meet MWWES Initial WWTP effluent characterization complete Receiving environment monitoring to determine EDOs Sewer-Use Bylaw and enforcement program All of which: Produce more data Increases reporting requirements Increases data analysis 21. Previous Data ManagementData Generation & Storage Spreadsheets SCADAPaper filesPaper LogsInline InstrumentsSpreadsheetsInternal LaboratoryPaper fax Spreadsheets PDFPaper filesExternal Laboratories SpreadsheetsPaper LogPaper files Field Meters 22. Data ChallengesDisparate databases in multiple locations In various paper files On multiple spreadsheets In personal computersData not readily shareable A range of city employees need access to both water qualityand production data Paper files and Excel spreadsheets are hard to share across anorganization 23. Data Challenges Problems with data security and quality Data in different physical locations not always backed up Data on PCs, not always secured or backed up Duplicate data entry increased transcription errorsLots of time spent on data entry and report creation Results from the contract lab were being faxed in, thenmanually transferred to spreadsheets Weeks to consolidate, validate, and reformat data for variousreports 24. The Water Board Office there must be an easier way to get this information 25. Process: analysis Needs Assessment Analysis of current processes and tools: functions performed requirements met interactions between tools Summary of 19 requirements in five categories: business functional user reporting security 26. Process: alternatives Alternatives considered by Saint John Water Paper Excel Client server applications Custom solutions Software as a Service 27. Data Management Solution 28. Data Management Solution Web-based Software-as-a-Service Consolidated database Direct data entry from internal and commercial labs Automated data review and verification Automated alert notification via e-mail Quick and easy report generation Multiple, simultaneous, controlled access Accessible anytime, anywhere to authorized staff Multiple backups Disaster recovery plan 29. Benefits to Saint John Water Consolidated database provides easy & simultaneous access to all water and wastewater system data by multiple users Significant savings in time, effort & cost on: Data entry Checking compliance Packaging and sending data around to others who need it Generating reports Maintenance of the application and servers Reduced risk of corrupted data and non-compliance Knowledge transfer Ready to manage increase in data due to MWWES 30. DemonstrationWaterTrax Wastewater Data Management Solution DemonstrationOctober 15th 10:30 11:30 Pacific1:30 2:30 Eastern(look for a registration link in todays follow-up email) 31. Contact Andrew Lewis, P.Eng. Director Product Strategy(604) 630-3708 [email protected]