1. Lebanon Water Works National Optimization Goals Case Study - Meeting the Goals at the Lebanon Water Works Company
Daren Thompson, MBA, MPM

2. Overview of Lebanon Water Works System
1 Surface Water Plant (5.2 MGD)
Average Daily Flow 2.5 MGD
3 Storage Tanks ( 1 elevated 250,000 Gallon Tank and 2 ground storage tanks (940,000 gallons each)
Over 500,000 lf of Distribution Pipeline & over 165,000 lf is old cast iron
Serves Approx. 2,600 Customers including the Marion County Water District whom has 5917 Customers

3. Overview of Lebanon Water Works System
Raw Source Water (Surface Water System)
Rolling Calvary (7 MG of Storage)
Rolling Buena Vista (13 MG of Storage)
Fagan Branch Reservoir (977 MG of Storage)
TOC’s are regularly lower on the Rolling Fork River

4. Historical TOC’s

5. Historical TOC’s

6. Lebanon Water Historical Quarterly HAA Results

7. Lebanon Water Historical Quarterly HAA RAA

8. Marion County Water Historical Quarterly HAA Results

9. Marion County Water Historical Quarterly HAA RAA

10. AWOP
The Lebanon Water Works has met the goals for the Microbial AWOP in the Past
Since 2016, Lebanon Water Work has placed more emphasis on DBP reduction by setting goals for both their system as well as Marion County Water District (Half the regulatory limit for Lebanon & ¾ for Marion)
What works for Microbial AWOP may not work for Disinfectants & DBP AWOP

11. Keys to Success for DBP’s- Increased Filter Cleaning

12. Keys to Success for DBP’s- Increased Clearwell Cleaning

13. Keys to Success for DBP’s- Knowing Your Numbers
In the past we took 1 TOC reading per month
In Oct 2018, Lebanon Water Works installed an online TOC analyzer in their lab
Now we take a TOC reading on our raw source and CFE every hour
More data allows us to better select our source to treat
This data allows us to utilize chemical combinations to optimize TOC removal

14. TOC’s – 1 Sample Per Month may not be Representative

15. Disinfection & DBP AWOP Program Recommendations from the Utility Perspective
The current goal requires CFE TOC to be less than or equal to 1.7 on a monthly basis
Recommendation is that if a utility has an online TOC monitor, average all of the readings for the month and assign that value as the monthly value

16. Weighing the Options- What are the Organizations Goals?
Achieving Optimization Goals
Making Better Water
Don’t settle for ok. Push for improvement
Are We Collecting Sufficient Information
Are our Numbers Improving
Are we Meeting Regulations?
Achieving Both Microbial & DBP AWOP
Achieving Disinfectants & DBP AWOP
Achieving Microbial AWOP
It’s a balancing act and a team effort to meet AWOP Goals. Lebanon Water has made a commitment to focus on DBP AWOP Goals. Its challenging managing multiple sources. We are not meeting the program goals yet but collecting more data has us well on our way.

17. In Review- Tell Them What You Told Them
Optimization is not a Straight Forward Path Especially When Trying to Master Multiple Areas
Collect More Data. Install an online TOC Machine. Monthly data is not adequate
Lebanon used UV 254 data in the past and could not establish a correlation to TOC
Clean your system frequently. Eliminate chlorine demands
Optimization is an ongoing team effort. Push each team member for excellence
Managing multiple water sources is difficult. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again

18. " It's not what you know, it's knowing where to find what you need. "
QUESTIONS or Comments?
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" It's not what you know, it's knowing where to find what you need. "