Moapa Valley - Arrow Canyon Arsenic Treatment Facility

PHOTOS

The Arrow Canyon arsenic treatment facility began construction in March 2008 and was on-line by January 2009. The schematic of the project is courtesy of Bowen Collins & Associates, Inc.

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Many of the following construction photos are courtesy of Bowen Collins & Associates inspector - Jim Johnson.

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New Arsenic Treatment Building at Arrow Canyon
Location of new Arrow Canyon arsenic treatment building at the Arrow Canyon well compound Foundation for the new Arrow Canyon arsenic treatment building Location of new Arrow Canyon arsenic treatment building at the Arrow Canyon well compound
New Arrow Canyon arsenic treatment building at the Arrow Canyon well compound New Arrow Canyon arsenic treatment building at the Arrow Canyon well compound New Arrow Canyon arsenic treatment building at the Arrow Canyon well compound

Filter Vessels
Filter vessels primed & ready for inspection at manufacturer's site Filter vessel arriving at Arrow Canyon Filter vessel being lifted into the new treatment building
First of five filter vessels being installed in new treatment building All 5 filter vessels installed in new treatment building Adsorbtive filter media - Bayoxide E 33
Preparing to charge the filter vessels with media Charging the filter with the media Severn Trent filter vessel system at start-up
On-line arsenic analyzer On-line arsenic analyzer Flow meters for each of the vessels allow operators to quickly see which vessels are on-line at any given time
Rapid Infiltration Basins
Rapid infiltration basins during construction Sand settling box & rapid infiltration basins during disinfection backwash Rapid infiltration basins after disinfection backwash
Treatment Facilities Open House - April 15, 2009
Moapa Valley Water District Board Chairman, , accepts award and congratulations from USDA-RD Acting Director, Kay Vernatter Tom Porta, Deputy Administrator for the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, congratulates the District on a project that showed good teamwork and completed on time and in budget

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