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Kings Bay Water Treatment Facility to be Renovated, Modernized

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Story Number: NNS090901-08
Release Date: 9/1/2009 1:56:00 PM

From Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast Public Affairs

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded an $8.6 million contract to Harry Pepper & Associates of Jacksonville, Fla. on Aug. 13 for water treatment facility restoration and modernization at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.

"The renovations and upgrades to the water plant will simplify and improve the water treatment process and ensure that current and future regulatory requirements are met with high quality potable water for all personnel and industrial facilities at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay," said Wayne McKenzie, environmental program manager, Public Works Department Kings Bay.

This project will provide for the construction of a building to house water filtration units (skids) and supporting processes.

Construction of the new 9,400 square foot pre-engineered metal building will initially house four nanofiltration skids. The building is sized to accommodate an additional three future nanofiltration skids for a total of seven.

Nanofiltration is a process using membranes to remove contaminants and hardness at a molecular level. The units to be installed will remove hardness ions and naturally occurring organic materials that are associated with disinfection by-products. This process will provide compliance with the upcoming Stage 2 Disinfection By-product Rule.

Each nanofiltration skid provides water treatment capacity of 500,000 gallons per day. The project capacity with fours skids will yield up to 2.0 million gallons per day.

"The new system will more than cover our current capacity needs for now and the foreseeable future," said McKenzie. "It will provide better control of pH and chlorine residuals without chemical additives."

The project will include site preparation, temporary piping to keep the water treatment system operational during construction, fencing modifications, and demolition of much of the existing water treatment plant.

The expected completion date for the upgrades is September 2010 and work on this contract will be complete in August 2011.