Track C

1. Track C Onsite Water Reuse Strategies December 10, 2007 Donna Hartman, M.Eng., P.Eng. GE Water & Process Technologies

2. Land with Poor Percolation • Use treated wastewater for toilets • 90% of the wastewater in an office building • 50 to 70 % in a shopping mall • 70 to 80 % in a theater or sports arena • That percentage of the drain field is saved • We have been doing this since 1975

3. Water Recycle can Earn up to6 LEED™ Certification Points Water Efficiency 1. Water Efficient Landscaping, Reduce by 50% (1 point) 2. Water Efficient Landscaping, No Potable Use (1 point) 3. Innovative Wastewater Technologies (1 point) 4. Water Use Reduction, 20% Reduction (1 point) 5. Water Use Reduction, 30% Reduction (1 point) Innovation & Design Process 6. Innovation in Design (1 point) Certified 26–32 points Silver 33–38 points Gold 39–51 points Platinum 52–69 points

4. Real World Experience School and Office Parks Shopping and Outlet Mall Developments Gaming Casino Developments Stadiums and Entertainment Properties Housing Developments and Golf Courses Hotel and Resort Properties

5. Toilet Recycle • Project Name Capacity Direct reuse Direct Reuse Yearly Total • gpd gpd % gpd • Wrenthan Mall 57,000 45,600 80 20,805,000 • Clinton Crossings 15,000 11,250 75 5,475,000 • Westbrook 19,000 13,680 72 6,935,000 • Pohatcong Plaza 10,000 9,000 90 3,650,000 • Arimis 2,500 1,625 65 912,500 • Copper Hill School 1,500 1,155 77 547,000 • Dutch Country Market 2,000 860 43 730,000 • Franklin Mutual Ins. 1,200 660 55 438,000 • Bloomberg 15,000 9,900 66 5,475,000 • Convotec 4,000 2,960 74 1,460,000 • Jefferson 3,000 2,310 77 1,090,000 • Princeton Montessori 3,000 2,010 67 1,095,000 • Skylands Baseball 10,000 8,000 80 3,650,000 • Colts Neck School 16,000 14,000 90 5,840,000

6. Solaire Apartments Battery Park • 25,000 gpd • 27-story luxury building in Battery Park NY • 293 units averaging 1,100 square feet in size • LEED Gold certified • Nation’s first environmentally responsible high-rise building • Features the first onsite water recycling system in the U.S. built inside a multi-family, residential building • ZeeWeed MBR treats and recycles the building’s wastewater for toilet flushing, irrigation and cooling towers Backwash Water Storage Tank Control Panel

7. Solaire Apartments Battery Park – Basement Layout 80 ft Pre-treatment Water Storage Tanks Process Equipment 70 ft Membrane tank and bioreactor 27 ft

8. Pittsburgh Convention Center (PCC) • June 2003 • The first “green” convention center and the world’s largest “green” building • LEED Gold certified • 1.5 million square foot assembly facility • 50,000 gpd • Features GE water reuse system • Wastewater from all drains will be treated and reused for toilet flushing water and plant irrigation • The use of recycled water greatly reduces the amount of water taken from and discharged to the municipal system

9. PCC – Basement Layout 59 ft Membrane tank and bioreactor 43 ft Water Storage Tanks Process Equipment

10. GE ZENON Headquarters • Installed 2000 • 17,500 gpd • Multi-use facility located off of the municipal sewer grid • 86,000 square foot office space including cafeteria and gym • 68,000 square foot warehouse and light-industrial area • Total 154,000 square feet and 600 employees • ZeeWeed MBR treats all of the facility’s sanitary wastewater • Treated water is reused for toilet and urinal flush water, landscape irrigation, and reserved in decorative ponds for fire water Water Reuse System

11. GE ZENON HQ – Treatment Plant Room Layout 64 ft Process Equipment 57 ft Membrane Reuse System Water Storage Tank

12. Fallingwater Conservancy • 5,300 square foot architectural masterpiece • Winner of the 2005 DBIA National Design-Build Award • Voted "the best all-time work of American architecture" by the American Institute of Architects • Aging septic system was replaced with ZeeWeed MBR • Very small footprint with minimal operation and maintenance requirements • Discreetly located in a separate building away from the facility • Recycles 70% of the wastewater as toilet flush water Treatment Plant Building Membrane Tank

13. Fallingwater Conservancy • Installed 2002 • 140,000 visitors annually • 8,880 gpd Equivalent to 22 homes or an 88 room hotel • Project costs • Drip field $ 205,000 • WWTP $ 945,000 • Pumps & pipeline $ 120,000 Total costs US $1,270,000 Treatment Plant Building Membrane Tank

14. Fallingwater Conservancy – Treatment Plant Building Layout Process Equipment 55 ft Control Panel Membrane Reuse System 33 ft Water Storage Tank Process Equipment

15. The Manor - Georgia • Installed 2005 • 500,000 gpd peak flow • Golf Club and Residential Community in North Fulton County • 731 acres with 399 homes ranging in price from $400,000 to $1.5 million • 180 acre Tom Watson signature golf course, a sports social facilities • 15 acres of amenities including a • Recycled water for irrigating the golf course • Excess water is discharged to a disposal field • Capital Cost $281,000 – including permitting, design, construction and commissioning The Manor Wastewater Treatment Plant

16. Westbrook Outlet Mall • 400,000 ft2 outlet Mall located in Connecticut not served by the public sewer • ZeeWeed MBR handles all the sanitary waste from the lavatory facilities and food court • Treated wastewater is recycled for toilet and urinal flush water and the remaining effluent is discharged to a leach field • Water reuse and the utilization of ultra-low flush lavatory fixtures save approximately 13,000,000 gallons of water per year.

17. Ritz Carlton. St. Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands • Recently expanded and renovated 180 guestroom luxury Caribbean resort • Existing onsite conventional wastewater treatment system had not been meeting the strict effluent discharge criteria and needed to be expanded to accommodate hotel expansion. • A ZeeWeed MBR systems treats all of the resorts wastewater and the effluent is reused for irrigation.

18. ROI Example 400,000 sq. ft. Office Building

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