Canal Road Wastewater Treatment Plant, The Elizabeth Water Company, Somerset, NJ, USA
Key Data:
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
Project Timeline:
Plant completion
1996
Plant review
2000
Partial expansion completed
2002
Photovoltaic system came online
11 October 2005
Key Players:
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
