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Canal Road Wastewater Treatment Plant

Original capacity

190,000m³/d

Capacity after expansion

265,000m³/d

Design potential capacity

760,000m³/d

Filtration

Constant rate, single bay filters (automatic backwash)

Primary disinfection

Ozonation

Control system

Distributed controllers, ethernet fibre optic ring, Dynac software

Solar power system

2,800 ground-mounted photovoltaic panels

Generation capacity

500kW

Anticipated energy contribution

15% of peak usage

Plant cost

$100 million

Plant completion

1996

Plant review

2000

Partial expansion completed

2002

Photovoltaic system came online

11 October 2005

Owners

New Jersey American Water (formerly Elizabethtown Water Co)

Lead contractor

Dick Corporation

Engineers

Camp Dresser & McKee, Buck Seifert & Jost, Mueser Rutledge Consulting

Architects

Schofield Colgan Perry Lawler

Control system

Transdyn

Plant review

Killam Associates

Solar system design / built

Dome-Tech Solar

Solar panels

RWE Schott Solar
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