On Wednesday 27 March 2019, Jacobs, together with Water New Zealand, will host David Austin, lead technologist for Natural Treatment Systems at Jacobs.
David will share his USA experience with reservoir management through presentation of engineering practice and case studies.
Presentation Title:
Pure
oxygen, aeration, and geochemistry: Suppressing harmful algae blooms and
optimizing water quality in USA reservoirs.
Drinking
water utilities want the best water quality possible in their reservoirs.
Anoxia at the sediment surface is a principal driver of poor water quality,
causing elevated concentrations of manganese, iron, ammonium, phosphorus, and
hydrogen sulfide, and stimulating harmful algae blooms.
Aeration technologies have long been used to oxidise sediments, but with a mixed
record of success. In the USA, pure oxygen injection has emerged as a superior
technology with over three dozen projects completed in the past 20 years. It is
now possible to compare aeration with oxygenation performance to understand
differences in project outcomes.
Pure oxygen is not, however, a cure-all for reservoir water quality problems. Project experience also highlights the need for close engineering design attention to the geochemistry and hydrodynamics that drive harmful algae blooms.
Find out more about David here.
Special thanks to Jacobs for sponsoring this event.