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| Type: |
Potable Water |
| Project Manager: |
Brad T. Blais, P.E. |
| Owner: |
City of Deland |
| The City of DeLand had a long-standing history of finished water quality problems stemming from the presence of hydrogen sulfide. A water quality improvement program was conceived by QLH wherein system wide aeration and chemical stabilization could be used to reduce hydrogen sulfide levels throughout the system.
Because the City’s raw water production and finished water distribution facilities are not consolidated, developing a manageable treatment system presented certain logistical problems. The final design resulted in the combination of four (4) regional raw water production facilities wherein flow from existing wells could be connected and treated prior to discharge into the Citywide distribution network. In response to City requests, the four (4) treatment plants were designed as low maintenance, unmanned facilities, which could be monitored and controlled from a central site. Each of the plants include: raw water production, aeration, chemical stabilization, fluoridation, disinfection, storage, high service pumping and emergency power facilities.
The first of four (4) plants was completed in 1995 and the last in 1998. Each has functioned well since being placed into service and water quality throughout the City’s distribution system has improved dramatically. The City was recently recognized by the Volusia County Health Department as having satisfactorily met all water quality improvement goals originally established by the City of Volusia County Health Department.
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