CIVL 498 Senior Design - Fall 1997

Twin Lakes (Indiana) Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility

Preliminary Needs Assessment and Facility Design 

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14 Jan Introduction Faculty & TA’s

8:30 - 498 Overview & history

• - Team identification (10 teams at ~5 members)
• - Specific project introduction
• - Course schedule
• - Key milestones and tasks
• - Report format and content
• - Grading policy
• - Distribute materials
• - Request for 1 pg resume
• - Breakdown to teams & introductions

16 Jan Guest Lecturer Consultant - Robert Curry, Curry Inc. 317-745-6995

9:30 - Avon overview

• - Current WW collection and treatment
• - Projected issues, concerns, and needs
• - Related project and design experience
• - `Team’ perspective for this project

18 Jan Site Visit Bus Trip to Avon, IN

8:30-3:00 - Avon city & area tour plus WWTP walk-thru 

21 Jan Guest Lecturer Developer 317-745-6995

9:30 - Current town conditions RESUMES DUE

• - Projected town growth (#’s and location)

23 Jan Guest Lecturer Suzanne Karberg 317-494-4122

8:30 - Presentation skills and concerns

• - Written report skills and concerns
• - Team name placards

28 Jan Guest Lecturer James Alleman 317-494-7705

8:30 - Treatment options (waste types, options)

• - Permitting issues (NPDES, construction,etc)
• - Sludge issues (permitting, options, etc)
• - O&M issues
• - Cost issues

30 Jan Guest Lecturer IDEM ‘Construction’ Representative 317-232-8645

9:30 - Kenneth Lee

• - Consultant - IDEM interaction; costs; etc.
• - IDEM design guidance & criteria

1 Feb Electronic Posting Team sequence for 4 & 6 Feb presentations 

4 Feb Team Presentations 5 Teams (20 min) REPORT #1DUE

8:30 - Team qualifications

• - Future population & flow projections

6 Feb Team Presentations 5 Teams (20 min)

8:30 - Team qualifications

• - Future population & flow projections

11 Feb Guest Lecturer IDEM ‘Modeling-Permits’ Representative 317-232-8704

9:30 - Catherine Hess (Head: Max Michael)

• - Waste load allocation calculations
• - Special issues and concerns

13 Feb Site Visit Bus Trip to West Lafayette, IN

8:30-11:20 - WWTP walk-thru

18 Feb Guest Lecturer Consultant - Scott Gohrman 317-924-3380

9:30 - West Lafayette WWTP design overview

20 Feb Guest Lecturer WWTP Administration & operations 317-775-5145

8:30 - Mike Darter & Mark Moore

• - O&M issues (operations concerns)
• - Cost issues
• - Positive and negative ‘experience’
• - IDEM design guidance & criteria  

22 Feb Electronic Posting Team sequence for 25 & 27 Feb presentations

25 Feb Team Presentations 5 Teams (20 min) REPORT #2 DUE

8:30 - Preliminary WWTP design alternatives

27 Feb Team Presentations 5 Teams (20 min)

8:30 - Preliminary WWTP design alternatives

6 Mar BREAK

8 Mar BREAK

11 Mar Guest Lecturer Vendor - Bruce Owens 317-463-1518

8:30 - B.L. Anderson Inc.

13 Mar Site Visit Bus Trip to Delphi, IN

8:30-11:20 - WWTP walk-thru

18 Mar Guest Lecturer Vendor - Bill Polaris 219-223-3980

9:30 - Lakeside Oxidation-Ditch, etc.

20 Mar Guest Lecturer Consultant - HNTB Inc. 317-636-4682

9:30 - John Kupke

• - Pragmatic design perspectives

22 Mar Electronic Posting Team sequence for 25 & 27 Mar presentations 

25 Mar Team Presentations 5 Teams (20 min) REPORT #3 DUE

8:30 - Nutrient removal issues and options

27 Mar Team Presentations 5 Teams (20 min)

8:30 - Nutrient removal issues and options

1 Apr Guest Lecturer Consultant - Heritage Inc. 317-390-3157

9:30 - Dr. Ralph Roper

• - Pragmatic design perspectives

3 Apr Guest Lecturer DNR Representative (??) 317-??? - Archeology, historical, etc. assessment

• - Permitting issues (flood, wetlands, potable)

8 Apr Guest Lecturer Consultant

9:30 - New grad engineer’s perspective

- Tony Haslinger, R.W. Armstrong 317-786-0461

- Chris Blume, ERM 709-940-7200

10 Apr Q&A Faculty & TA’s

8:30 - IDEM design guidance & criteria

12 Apr Electronic Posting Team sequence for 17 Apr presentations

15 Apr Final Q&A Faculty & TA’s

8:30

17 Apr Team Presentations 2 Teams(65 min + 15 min Q&A) REPORT #4 DUE

8:30 - Final preliminary assessment and design

19 Apr Electronic Posting Team sequence for 22 & 24 Apr presentations

22 Apr Team Presentations 2 Teams (65 min + 15 min Q&A)

8:30 - Final preliminary assessment and design

24 Apr Team Presentations 2 Teams (65 min + 15 min Q&A)

8:30 - Final preliminary assessment and design

26 Apr Electronic Posting Team sequence for 29 Apr & 1 May presentations

29 Apr Team Presentations 2 Teams (65 min + 15 min Q&A)

8:30 - Final preliminary assessment and design

1 May Team Presentations 2 Teams (65 min + 15 min Q&A)

8:30 - Final preliminary assessment and design  

CIVL 498 Senior Design

Avon (Indiana) Wastewater Treatment Facility

Preliminary Needs Assessment and Facility Design 

NOTES:

• Team members were selected by the staff (faculty & TAs) prior to the start of the semester
• All teams present at all presentations
• Attendance taken at ‘all’ classes
• Report presentations will be rotated by staff to distribute ‘first vs. last’ timing
• See additional handout for desired report coverage, content, and format
• Be consistent with using metric units
• Use standard abbreviations
• Be careful about significant decimal values
•  

GRADING (breakdown of 100% total)

Grade Component Written Section Presentation Effort Total

• Report #1 7 pts 8 pts 15 pts
• Report #2 7 pts 8 pts 15 pts
• Report #3 7 pts 8 pts 15 pts
• Report #4 15 pts 20 pts 35 pts
• Additional-a 10 pts 10 pts (‘class’ evaluation)
• Additional-b 10 pts 10 pts (‘staff’ evaluation)
• 100 pts

 SUGGESTIONS:

• Study the ‘styles’ of the class’s guest presentations
• Be creative (vs. bare-minimum)
• Be prepared (vs. nervous)
• Be professional (vs. discourteous)
• Catalyze and synergize your team’s efforts (vs. antagonize)
•  

WCCD BOARD:

• Jim Crow (non-developer)
• Developer #1
• Developer #2
• Developer #3
• Developer #4 

CIVL 498 Senior Design

Avon (Indiana) Wastewater Treatment Facility

Preliminary Needs Assessment and Facility Design

 Faculty:

• James E. Alleman, Professor [alleman, Rm. 2127, 47705]
• Chad T. Jafvert, Associate Professor [jafvert, Rm. 3145B, 42196]

Teaching Assistants:

• Rodolfo Kilian, Ph.D. Candidate
• Jamie Abreau, MS Candidate
• Lu Chen, MS Candidate 

Class Period: 8:30 - 11:20 AM

Class Email: 498b@ecn.purdue.edu

Written Project Due Dates:

• Resume - Due 21 Jan 97 @ 8:30 AM
• Report #1 - Due 4 Feb 97 @ 8:30 AM
• Report #2 - Due 25 Feb 97 @ 8:30 AM
• Report #3 - Due 25 Mar 97 @ 8:30 AM
• Report #4 - Due 17 Apr 97 @ 8:30 AM

Oral Project Presentations:

• Report #1 - 4 & 6 Feb 97 @ 8:30 - 11:20 AM
• Report #2 - 25 & 27 Feb 97 @ 8:30 - 11:20 AM
• Report #3 - 25 & 27 Mar 97 @ 8:30 - 11:20 AM
• Report #4 -17, 22, 24, 29 Apr + 1 May 97 @ 8:30 - 11:20 AM

POSSIBLE REPORT TOPICS

Report #1

-Team qualifications
-Project background: Avon overview, WCCD overview, etc.
-Flow projections

-Project cost estimate

Report #2

• -Current system overview
• -Alternative #1 WWTP
• -Alternative #2 WWTP
• -Proposed biosolids management
• -Financial assessment

 Report #3

• -White Lick River hydrology
• -Conventional NPDES criteria review
• -Nitrogen review
• -Phosphorus review
• -Disinfection review

 Report #4 -Team selects topics!

CIVL 498 Senior Design

Avon (Indiana) Wastewater Treatment Facility

Preliminary Needs Assessment and Facility Design