Improving effluent pond water quality top priority at zero-discharge wastewater facility
The Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant (BMP) processes all of the solids generated at Austin Water’s wastewater treatment facilities—up to 2.7 million gallons each day! The facility’s solids treatment processes generate two liquid streams. Centrate from the thickening process is treated at the sidestream treatment plant before discharge, and a high-ammonia filtrate from dewatering currently discharges to irrigation ponds. In addition to irrigating more than 500 acres of crops on site, the ponds also host a variety of migrating birds, making the BMP a premier birding hotspot in Texas.
To support their goals of reducing the ammonia and total nitrogen concentrations, the City of Austin engaged us to design an ammonia removal facility using Veolia’s ANITA™Mox deammonification technology. Known for its resiliency and efficiency, this technology will help the City integrate their reduction goals into Hornsby Bend BMP’s processes.
With an anticipated peak flow capacity of over one million gallon per day, it will be among the nation’s largest sidestream deammonification facilities and the first of its kind in the state of Texas.
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Aldo Sotelo, Principal, Senior Project Manager
My focus is understanding client needs to develop creative, sustainable, and affordable solutions to a variety of water/wastewater projects.
Nicole Stephens, Senior Associate, Water
We are in the business of serving people; the work we do is about improving lives and leaving this planet better than we found it.
Bob Armstrong, Project Development Leader
I enjoy working with our clients’ staff—from operations to engineering—to learn about their issues and deliver purposeful solutions.
Cody Charnas, Principal, Practice Leader
I work to help protect our environment and create a future where my kids and grandkids can continue swimming in rivers and creeks.
Chris Machado, Senior Principal, Regional Delivery Leader, Pacific Water
Serving our communities while growing and mentoring professionals is a privilege and the cornerstone of my work philosophy.
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