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Designing Wastewater Pumping Stations and Lift Stations
Mississauga, ON
(Mar 29 - 31, 2010)
Course Code: 00-0324-2062
After participating in the course, you will be able to:
• solve basic pumping system design problems including considerations for installation, operation and maintenance
• select most suitable equipment for your application and write practical specifications
• maximize effective operational procedures and optimize use of system controls
• reduce your maintenance problems and enhance system protection
• use a troubleshooting checklist developed with your participation
• apply condition assessment and upgrades to increase capacity
Description
The design criteria for wastewater pumping systems include the capacity to deal with variable flow rates/types, floatable objects, large solids and abrasive materials. The outcome of design should be a suitable pumping system comprising efficient equipment, cost-effective installation, smooth operation and minimum downtime with normal maintenance. The hands-on design problems that you solve in this seminar/workshop under instructor guidance enhance your understanding of design procedures. You learn to select the most suitable equipment for your application, appreciate the effect of design on installation, operation and maintenance. You become knowledgeable about control and protection of pumping systems. The seminar/workshop also presents case studies on rehabilitation and odour control utilizing bio-filtration of a wastewater pumping station. Besides detailed lecture notes, you receive a troubleshooting checklist which will serve as reference material for the future.
Objective
To present basic theory, design criteria and procedures, to aid in developing cost-effective installations, optimizing operational procedures and minimizing maintenance problems.
Who Should Attend
Design engineers, pumping plant superintendents and operators, water resource engineers, wastewater utility managers, city and town engineers, consulting engineers, project managers, environmental engineers, collection system maintenance engineers, managers of technical services, technicians and technologists, approval agency plan reviewers and other individuals involved with municipal or industrial wastewater management.
Special Feature
Please bring your hand-held calculator for faster calculations.
Instructor: Joe Gouthro
Program Outline
Day I
8:00 Registration and Coffee
8:20 Welcome, Introduction, Workshop Preview, Learning Outcomes and the Assessment Method
8:30 Pumping Station Design Fundamentals
• Selection criteria and impact of site variables that impact design: legislation/MOE design criteria, land use types, environmental sensitivities,
grade and site considerations,agronomy and hydrologic considerations for pumping station, force main installations, setback and site
details (noise, odour, access, easement)
9:15 Pumping Station Types and Usage
• Types of stations and preferred use including: prefab or pre-packaged, wet well (manhole type),wet well/dry well
• Special consideration type: pneumatic ejector, vacuum type
10:20 Refreshments and Networking
10:30 Applied Hydraulics
• Basic station and force main design
• Pumping station layout
• System head calculations
• Flush systems
• Air entertainment, cavitation and water hammer
• Handling varying flow rates
• Emergency management on site
• Other common/related problems
12:30 Lunch
1:15 Applied Hydraulics (Continued)
2:00 Pumps and Their Applications
• Wastewater pump types
• Applications
• Impeller selection
• Mechanical seal selection
• Material selection
• Pump sensors
• Pump curves and affinity laws
There will be a 20 minute refreshments and networking break during this presentation.
4:30 Adjournment
Day II
8:30 Review of Day I Topics and Questions
8:40 Related Pumping Equipment
• Piping
• Valves
• Meters
• Screens and comminutors
• Station layout and geometry
• Force main piping
10:15 Refreshments and Networking
10:30 Motors and Variable Speed Drives
• Different motor types/construction
• Constant speed vs. variable speed
• Types of drives
• Utility requirements
• Generator requirements (long term vs. short term)
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Pumping Station Odour Control
• Air sampling and odour assessment (laboratory, odour panel, other)
• Collection system odour generation (cause and affect on system components)
• Points of odour release (affect on surrounding area)
• Pump station ventilation (legislative requirement vs. negative outcome)
• Odour treatment technologies
2:15 Pumping Station – Case Study (Odour Control)
3:00 Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
• Data acquisition
• Equipment control
• Instrumentation
• Alarm handling
• Wide area communications
• Remote monitoring (types and installation consideration)
• Backup systems – both local and disaster planning and business continuity
There will be a 20 minute refreshments and networking break during this presentation.
4:30 Adjournment
Day III
8:30 Review of Day II Topics and Questions
8:40 Troubleshooting a Pumping System
A basic checklist will be presented which will be further developed by involving participants who will apply it against a scenario
provided to them.
9:15 Options to Upgrade or Increase Capacity of Existing Facilities
• Rehab/retrofit/replace decision will be discussed
• A cost benefit analyses model will be discussed
10:00 Refreshments and Networking
10:15 Pump Station-Inspection and Maintenance
• Types of maintenance will be discussed
• Inspection procedure
• Preventive maintenance
• Computerized maintenance management systems and their impact on the maintenance inspection process will be discussed
10:45 Pump Station Case Study – Rehab/Force main/Metering
11:15 Design Workshop
• A scenario for the Hands-On Design exercise will be presented to the participants
In small groups you will apply the principles learned in the earlier sessions to conceptually design a pumping station under instructor
guidance. For the given hands-on exercises, you learn the design procedure, make design calculations and go through the following
steps:
-analyse incoming flow data
-select design flows
-size force mains (type, size)
-review system curves relevant to the incoming flows
-select pumping equipment
-select most efficient drive type
-mechanical/electrical aspects including SCADA considerations
-develop station layouts
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Design Workshop (Continued)
1:45 Group Representatives Present Their Design To All Participants Which Is Followed By A Discussion On
Good Versus Bad Design Practices, Practical Operation And Cost Implications
2:30 Refreshments and Networking
2:45 Open Forum
Question and Answer period
3:30 Questions and Answers and Feedback to Participants on Achievement of Learning Outcomes
1.8 CEU / 18 PDH
Faculty
Joe Gouthro
Joe Gouthro CET is a certified Electrician Journeyman “A” Construction-Maintenance with Inter-Provincial designation; a certified Industrial Mechanic Millwright; a Certified Class IV Wastewater Treatment Operator; a Certified Class IV Wastewater Collection System Operator. Mr. Gouthro has taught part-time at Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology and is a member of the Mechanical Skills program; he is an accredited distance education instructor with the University of California and holds formal certification in Adult Education. In a career spanning over 37 years with the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Mr. Gouthro was involved with both the operations and maintenance of water and wastewater facilities and their related systems including holding the position of Superintendent of the Pt. Colborne Wastewater Area where he was responsible for the Public/Private Partnering for on site wastewater collection and treatment at a large mobile home community, Manager of System Maintenance where he was responsible for both the water and wastewater systems maintenance, Manager of Technical Trades that included a skilled trades section, a fully functional SCADA Department and the development of a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) department for water and wastewater. Mr. Gouthro was also responsible for the development and implementation of the security standards and protocols for the water and wastewater section. Prior to his retirement in 2008, Mr. Gouthro had been recruited to form a Facilities Management Department for the broader Region and its many departments. Mr. Gouthro has been published in various journals relating to his water and wastewater security work and CMMS strategies and has been a guest speaker on topics such as Maintenance Management in Water/Wastewater, and the use of Ultra-violet disinfection at both Provincial and international conferences He is a past member of the AWWA, OWWA, WEF, WEAO and O.A.C.E.T.T.
The fee for this course is $1,695 + Taxes. If you register after February 26, 2010 the fee increases to $1,865 + Taxes.
Venue Information
EPIC Learning Center
5759 Coopers Avenue
Mississauga, ON L4Z 1R9
1-888-374-2338
On-Site Program
EPIC programs can also be delivered on-site at your premises. For more information on our on-site program, please contact Tim Chugh at 1-888-374-2338 ext. 242 or by email at tchugh@epic-edu.com.
Group Discounts, Cancellations And Withdrawals
Registration covers all program materials, refreshments during breaks and lunch but excludes accommodation. For organizations sending more than one participant, the following discounts to the course fee apply: 10% discount to the second, 15% to the third, 20% to the fourth and 25% to the fifth and subsequent registrations.
To withdraw from a course, you must send your request in writing with the official receipt to our office:
• Fifteen or more business days in advance: full refund less $50.00 administration charge.
• Five to fourteen business days in advance: non-refundable credit of equal value for any future EPIC seminar within one year.
Credits are transferable within your organization.
In case of an unexpected event occurring after this time, you may send someone else to take your place without any additional cost. If a speaker is not available due to unforeseen circumstances, another speaker of equal ability will be substituted. EPIC reserves the right to cancel or change the date or location of its events. EPIC's responsibility will, under no circumstances, exceed the amount of the fee collected. EPIC is not responsible for the purchase of non-refundable travel arrangements or accommodation or any associated cancellation/ change fees. To avoid any fees or charges, please call to confirm that the course is running before confirming travel arrangements and accommodations.
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