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CSU Channel Islands Reclaimed Water use in Central Plant
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CSU Channel IslandsReclaimed Water use in
Central Plant Jose Chanes
Associate Director of Infrastructure and EnergyFacilities Services
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Outline• CSU Channel Islands, Who , What,
Where • Water Conservation at CI• What is the Central Plant?• Project Goals• Project Proposal & Budget• Central Plant Overview• Challenges & Solutions• Project Outcomes• Relevancy to Best Practices
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We are CI
• 23rd Cal State, 2002 , 1200 Acres, 5000 FTE• 175 Arces Campus Proper, 30 Buildings• 1MM GSF for Facilities Services to support• 20% Energy Manager w/ one Sustainability
Analyst
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Water Conservation SuccessCSU Channel Islands has:• Reduced domestic water consumption by
19% • Reduced reclaimed water by 46% ( Based on an HCF/Acre based on 2008-2012 average )
Annual savings
= $196,000 + $83,000 = $279,000
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How did we get there?19% HCF/FTES Reduction in Domestic Water• 99% Irrigation converted to Reclaimed water• Replacement of inefficient sink aerators with .5 gpm units.• Continuous replacement of legacy inefficient toilets with
low-flow units.• Student housing villages received full retrofits replacing
inefficient shower heads, restroom sink aerators and kitchen sink aerators.
46% HCF/Acre reduction in reclaimed water• Increased irrigation efficiency• Weather Based Irrigation Controllers• Conversion of Turf to Planter Beds
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What’s next on our list?
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What is the Central Plant?The Central Plant’s purpose is to supply hot and chilled water that it used to heat and cool campus buildings.
The operation of the Central Plant required the use of domestic water for the BAC Cooling Towers.
Understanding the value of domestic water, the campus viewed this as a unique opportunity to utilize our local reclaimed water supply.
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Project GoalsThe goal of this project was to save and protect the valuable domestic water supply, reduce water treatment costs, while increasing operational efficiencies.
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Project Proposal & BudgetReplace domestic water in the BAC towers with reclaimed water.
Requires:1. Alter valve positions within the plant to use
reclaimed water with proper backflow device.
2. Removal of the large water softener canisters.
3. New water treat vendor using an Alkaline treatment control strategy.
This project had a relatively small budget of $10,000.
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Central Plant Cooling Tower Overview
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Inlet Valve
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Chemical Control Station and Injection
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Bleed Off
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Solids Filtration System
Side Stream Filtration: Concentrated dissolved solids such as calcium, magnesium, chloride, and silica are left behind and sent to sewer.
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Vent/Fan Area
Boiled off water (Evaporated water) or sometime droplets ( drift )
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Reclaimed water addedMake-up ( New Reclaimed System )
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Evaporation + Blowdown + Drift
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ChallengesMany challenges due to the SUPPLY / QUALITY of reclaimed / recycled water. • Not considered urgent by the Utility
• Quality only monitored at outlet of chlorination basin.
• High variability of storage / time lag to University.
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SolutionsWith challenges comes solutions.
1. The higher conductivity of the reclaimed water affects on how many times the same water could be used in the cooling tower. (Cycles of concentration.) .. Using improved controls to monitor
2. High levels of phosphates, difficult to control/prevent scaling. Large variances in the residual chlorine levels, impact on the corrosion rates for the chiller internals– Supply / Treatment Rigor
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Project OutcomeCI saved:• 25,000 Gallons/day of domestic water• 8,750,000 Gallons/year of domestic water• $26,000 annually in water costs• $30,000 annually in chemical costs
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Relevancy to Best Practice By using reclaimed water in the Central Plant, the University is able to keep occupant comfort at the same level, while cutting the use of domestic water and saving the campus over $56,000 annually.
During the conversion process, the engineers were also able to refine the chemical treatment process that is required when using water in the cooling tower.
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Thanks for the opportunity …
Questions?
Jose Chanes, AD Infrastructure and [email protected]
805-437-3972