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EXPERIENCE WITH GAC ADSORBERS AND FLUIDIZED BED REACTIVATION AT MANCHESTER WATER WORKS
Citation:
Kittredge, D. AND D. Paris. EXPERIENCE WITH GAC ADSORBERS AND FLUIDIZED BED REACTIVATION AT MANCHESTER WATER WORKS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-93/032.
Description:
Manchester, New Hampshire is a moderate-sized community approximately 60 miles north of Boston. ater supply to this population of roughly 100,000 residents is comprised of various sources. he major community supply is Manchester Water Works (MWW) with a distribution network of some 30,000 customers and 400 miles of main. n addition, MWW wholesales water to one investor owned and three municipally run water utilities. verage day demand was 15.7 MG in 1988 with a maximum day of nearly 28 MG. Other sources of supply for this region are wells in the smaller community and non-community water systems with surface supplies comprising the majority of the larger community supplies. anchester Water Works became incorporated in 1874 as a municipally owned, fiscally autonomous water supply department for the city of Manchester. This involved the development of Lake Massabesic as a water source and the acquisition of the Amoskeag water system in the center of the city. moskeag had relied upon the Merrimack river as its source of supply. ake Massabesic was chosen for a source of supply based upon its proximity to the city, its relative abundance, and its relatively high quality. oday, Lake Massabesic is still the sole supply utilized, however quality and abundance are currently being stressed due to increased demands and population growth from the region. afe daily yield of the Massabesic supply was recently estimated at 20.5 MGD. anchester is planning the development of the Merrimack River as a supplemental source of supply by the year 2005.