Black & Veatch to Provide Design and Engineering Services for Essential Upgrades at Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department’s Three Wastewater Treatment Plants
2024年7月23日 - 11:00PM
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As part of their multi-year $8.6 billion Capital Improvement
Program, the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department is upgrading,
enhancing and expanding critical wastewater plant elements during
the next eight years
The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) recently
selected Black & Veatch, a global leader in critical
infrastructure, to provide design and engineering services for
renewal and replacement projects at its three wastewater treatment
plants.
The project, comprised of major upgrades to critical elements of
the three treatment plants, includes the plants’ biological
processes, filtration and disinfection systems, electrical
generation buildings and injection well pump stations.
As part of this contract, Black & Veatch will also support
WASD as they implement processes to reuse 60 percent of its
wastewater to meet the state of Florida’s Ocean Outfall Legislation
(OOL) requirements. The legislation requires that utilities in
Southeast Florida eliminate the daily use of ocean outfalls by the
end of 2025, reduce nutrient discharges, and implement a reuse
system that is technically and economically feasible.
“As regulations evolve, the Black & Veatch team specializes
in supporting utilities in upgrading and updating their
infrastructure to maintain current standards,” said Mike Orth,
president of Black & Veatch’s Governments and Communities
sector. “Bold new water and energy nexus strategies are needed to
solve our client’s pressing needs. Our team is ready to leverage
our more than a century of expertise in critical infrastructure to
deliver modernization and new sustainable water reuse solutions to
Miami-Dade County.”
This solution, the implementation of Effluent Energy Recovery
Systems, uses non-potable water to cool plant buildings --
replacing cooling towers with heat exchangers, saving the county
millions of dollars and allowing the department to meet their
legislative requirements for water reuse. The high quality,
non-potable water then will be disposed of through deep injection
wells not connected to the county’s drinking water source.
Moreover, the reuse system will be powered almost entirely from
renewable energy sources, following Miami-Dade County’s commitment
to sustainable practices.
“The Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department is committed to being
a model utility of excellence in reliability, resilience, and
environmental stewardship,” said Water and Sewer Director Roy
Coley. “We are eager to partner with organizations such as Black
& Veatch and invest in opportunities that will best position
the department to provide the highest quality of services to our
customers.”
Contact Black & Veatch for more information.
Editor’s Notes:
- To learn more about Black & Veatch’s wastewater treatment,
click the link here.
About Black & Veatch
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engineering, procurement, consulting and construction company with
a more than 100-year track record of innovation in sustainable
infrastructure. Since 1915, we have helped our clients improve the
lives of people around the world by addressing the resilience and
reliability of our most important infrastructure assets. Follow us
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