KYTN WPC

Please note that if you wish to attend a plant tour, you must pre-register in order for the Utility to identify staff personnel to conduct the tour.

Metro Water Services - Nashville, TN

When: Sunday, July 18, 2010

Transportation:

First Tour - Buses depart the Hotel at 1:00 p.m. CST and arrive at the Central WWTP Biosolids Facility at approximately 1:15 p.m. CST; Buses depart the Central WWTP Biosolids Facility at 2:45 p.m CST and arrive at the Hotel at approximately 3:00 p.m. CST

Second Tour - Buses depart the Hotel at 2:30 p.m. CST and arrive at the Central WWTP Biosolids Facility at approximately 2:45 p.m. CST; Buses depart the Central WWTP Biosolids Facility at 4:30 p.m CST and arrive at the Hotel at approximately 4:45 p.m. CST

Tours: First Tour - 1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. (Refreshments are provided); Second Tour - 2:45 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Refreshments are provided)

Cost: Free

Tour limit: 25 per tour

Take a tour of Nashville's Biosolids Facility at the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant.  The Biosolids Facility began operation in January of 2009.  The Central Wastewater Treatment Plant handles 85-tons of residual solids daily.  The new Biosolids Facility added DAF thickening, Anaerobic Digestion, Centrifuge Dewatering and Thermal Drying to help reduce solids handling and begin to beneficially reuse the biosolids.  The Central Wastewater Treatment Plant changed processes over the past 50 years from Incineration, to Composting, to Landfilling to beneficially reusing the biosolids as a Class A EQ Product.  The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and Metro Water Services invite you to visit our facility for a tour and refreshments.

Murfreesboro Water & Sewer Department - Murfreesboro, TN

When: Sunday, July 18, 2010

Transportation: Buses depart the Hotel at 1:00 p.m. CST and arrive at the Stones River Water Treatment Plant at approximately 1:45 p.m. CST; Buses depart the Stones River Water Treatment Plant at 4:00 p.m CST and arrive at the Hotel at approximately 4:45 p.m. CST

Tour: 1:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Refreshments are provided)

Cost: Free

Tour limit: 50 per tour

Tour the Stones River Water Treatment Plant, the largest membrane filtration plant in Tennessee and the only water treatment plant that utilizes lime softening on a surface water in the state. This 20-mgd facility serves the City of Murfreesboro, Tennessee and most of its 100K plus population to include Middle Tennessee State University.  The plant was originally constructed in 1967 and has undergone several upgrades including the one completed in February 2010.  The latest upgrade includes the renovation of existing facilities and the expansion of capacity to 20-mgd with the addition of a pretreatment, post treatment, membrane and high service pump station buildings. Technologies added during this upgrade include state-of-the-art lime and soda ash feed systems, carbon dioxide feed system, sodium hypochlorite generators, membrane filtration, granular activated carbon contactors and SCADA system.  The membrane and sodium hypochlorite systems were commissioned in December 2008 and have performed beyond expectations. The Granular Activated Carbon contactors were commissioned in November 2009. The City of Murfreesboro welcomes you to join them for a tour of their water treatment plant and refreshments prior to kickoff of the 2010 WPC.

Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County - Murfreesboro, TN

When: Sunday, July 18, 2010

Transportation: Buses depart the Hotel at 1:00 p.m. CST and arrive at the Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County's Operations Center at approximately 1:45 p.m. CST; Buses depart the Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County's Operations Center at 3:45 p.m CST and arrive at the Hotel at approximately 4:45 p.m. CST

Tour: 1:45 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. (Refreshments are provided)

Cost: Free

Tour limit: 50 per tour

From this room Tennessee's largest water utility district, Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County, monitors and controls all of its tanks and pump stations.  It monitors trucks as they travel the 1300+ miles of water lines, and dispatches all work orders through the wireless internet to laptops in field trucks. All water lines including fire hydrants, valves and water meters can be identified from this room. It also monitors security cameras in the office and water treatment plant.