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Article Evaluation

I am evaluating the article on the E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant; the article has only a very general overview of what will be written, and not enough detail on the history of the treatment plant. There can still be more detail added about the construction company that was responsible for the construction of E.A Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant. I believe more can be added; such as water rights that allow the treatment plant to operate, and about the employment within the treatment plants. Some things to note are the licensing required to work at this specific treatment plant.

Ideas for Article

I would like to work on, and contribute to the article on the E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant.

COMMENT: sounds good, see what sources our library has and let me know when you're ready to get additional ones from our contact with the city. Julianfulton (talk) 21:22, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

Outline

History

- More in depth detail on previous water quality, before the development of the water treatment plant. Give a possible comparison of water quality before and after the development of the treatment plant.

- History of the permits obtained that are required for the operation of this water treatment plant, and for its location, limits, regulations, mitigations? how they have changed with passing time, and new conservation law's

- Reasons behind the construction of the water treatment plant near Sacramento State, coincidental??

Issues with comparison of previous design to the improved design

- Specifics of what issues occurred with the treatment plants original design, and what design improvements were made to implement the new structures

- What future designs are planned for the treatment plant, if there are any?

- What are the specific concerns to personnel safety; concerning the old structural design of the treatment plant.

Overaa Construction Co.

- More detail on Overaa construction Co. and their contribution to the E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant

- what specific construction ideas were implemented to the improvements on the treatment plant

- detail on previous projects that this construction company worked on, do they have previous experience with other treatment plant infrastructure?

Employment and Training

- What type of training is required to operate in this facility, and what types of careers are available within the EA Fairbairn Water treatment Plan

- Where is the workforce primarily coming from, hiring events? held where?

- does Sacramento State offer these permits, and training due to the close proximity.

Operation

- Specifics on water treatment methods and operation

- cleaning and sanitation of the facility?

- how does the facility operate under conditions where excess water is added to the reservoirs? (during incredibly stormy events, how does that affect the treated water)

- how much water is taken from the American River, and turned into potable water for Sacramento.

- Chemicals, and treatment methods used within the treatment plant, and how does that differ to other treatment plants in the area

- Safety measures for personnel, and civilians (close proximity to Sacramento State) are there implemented safety techniques for emergency malfunctions?

- what are the testing methods to determining the water is safe for consumption, and what are the limits for the chemicals used, how are they traced? how much is too much? when is it unsafe for consumption? mitigation when treatment concentration is too much, or is unsafe?

Ecology

- Add more detail on wildlife within the American River that contribute to the fauna of the ecology surrounding the treatment plant,

- add research on what impacts the treatment plant has to the surrounding ecology, is it significantly impacted, or non significant.

- mitigations?

Future Improvements

- are there any future improvements being planned for the EA Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant?

- How is the current climate dilemma affecting water treatment plants at the EA Fairbairn Water treatment Plant?

References (Not Complete); listing a few, and more to come:

https://www.cityofsacramento.org/utilities/water/water-quality

https://blockainc.wordpress.com/e-a-fairbairn-water-treatment-plant/

https://ca.water.usgs.gov/sac_nawqa/ae_cycle1.html

 Rough Draft 

 E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant 

 Location 

The EA Faibairn Water Treatment Plant is located near to Sacramento State University and is adjacent to the American River where the plant gets most of its water to begin the treatment process. With the facility being expanded; the older water intensive terrain was removed and replaced with plants that are characterized for being water conserving. Surrounding the plant are large Sycamores that lead to a dry creek infiltration area that captures runoff from storm events, and is also added to the supply of treated water.

Improvements

Improvements to the E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant are few but deemed necessary for continual operations towards future water treatment applications. A new waste wash-water facility will be built on the premises; these would be built on the already existing water collection basins, and will add to it a new sludge collecting mechanism. Two more thickeners, and an additional pumping station were planned to the western area of the plant which is currently undeveloped. The new addition of the additional pumping station will 100 million more gallons per day, and still be operable within terms to the maximum of 310 cubic feet per second. The new thickeners will extend about 9 ft below the surface, and the new pumping station will be about 11 ft below the surface. Lastly a new dewatering and disposal system is planned to be built on the eastern side of the sludge pond toward the southern area of the plant.

 Operation 

The water treatment plant has a maximum diversion capacity of 310 cubic feet per second or 200 million gallons/day, but is constrained by the current technology that will only allow it to pull around 155 cubic feet per second. The E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant has become part of an agreement back in 2015 to meet city demands of growing population by the year 2030. However, there are discrepancies based off the Hodge Flow Criteria that determine how much the treatment plant can take. The Hodge Flow Criteria describes the minimum instream flows needed for consideration to allow diversion for water uptake depending if the flow is greater than or less than the measured index. When Flow is above the Hodge Flow Criteria, water can be sold to residencies and and private water consumers at whole sale prices. When stream flow is below Hodge Flow Criteria, water can be provided on wholesale when the rate of pumpback is equal to or exceed delivery rates. Once again, this is based off of the 2015 plan for urban water development that can change at any time in the near future.

Overaa Construction

Overaa Construction is a mid-sized company of regional engineers, builders, and craftsmen that work on multiple projects that range from infrastructure development and upgrading antiquated projects to modern standards. Overaa Construction is a primary contractor to the rehabilitation projects of both the Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant (SRWTP), and the E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant (EAFWTP). The E.A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant would involve the complete re-transformation of the current water infrastructure system that was built back in the 1920's. Since the EAFWTP is limited to the amount of water it can draw from the American River year round; the upgrades will be crucial to the future of the treatment plant, and the efficiency of its operations. This will be increase the filtering capacity and reliability of the current pumps within the plant. As said by Naff "These improvements will provide the city with the most footprint-effective solution for processing water".