Murphree Water Treatment Plant Chlorination, Thickening and Auxiliary Power Project
Value: $4,100,000Complete: 2005
Location: Gainesville, FL
Owner: Gainesville Regional Utilities
Design Engineer - CH2M Hill
Summary: Water Treatment Plant Improvements
Description: The Project was constructed at the 44-MGD Murphree Water Treatment Plant in Gainesville, Florida. The work included the expansion of the existing chemical building with structural modifications, new liquid chlorine feed equipment, new chlorine scrubber, and a new security system. The work included the construction of a new lime sludge gravity thickener and a new thickened lime sludge pump station. The project also included providing auxiliary power to all motor control centers and other electrical upgrades, and modifications to the plant SCADA system.
