Honeywell announced that it has received a
15-year, $88.6-million contract to completely overhaul the technology
controlling the massive wastewater treatment system in Los Angeles.
The project will enable the city to realize its vision
for a city- and network-wide integrated operation, simplifying how it operates
and maintains the wastewater system, and reducing environmental risks from the
aging infrastructure.
The project will help the city more effectively and
efficiently monitor operations at the city’s pumping stations and collection
facilities.
“This overhaul will give us better effectiveness and
efficiency to meet the city’s needs and improve its overall infrastructure for
decades to come. Over the next decade we expect the project to save us tens of
millions of dollars and generate much-needed high-paying jobs for our
community,” said
Varouj Abkian, assistant director, Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation.
The system has a capacity to maintain 550 million gallons
of wastewater each day, and controls 6,700 miles of sewer lines that serve more
than 4 million residential and commercial customers in Los
Angeles and 29 other cities.
The Honeywell technology will link city’s four main
treatment plants with geographically dispersed pumping stations to give
operators the ability to control the entire system from a central location.
Honeywell ranked first in all of the city’s evaluation
criteria, was found to have exhibited the most advanced product technology,
offered the lowest price of ownership (i.e. lifecycle cost), offered relevant
experience with distributed control systems and demonstrated the project
management team’s expertise.
The project will begin in the first half of 2012 and is
expected to complete in seven years. Honeywell will provide support services
for eight years after completion to ensure the system is appropriately
maintained.
“We’re committed to helping the city transition to the
new system and then supporting that system well into the future,”
said Tracey Haslam, vice president, Honeywell Process Solutions.
By GreentechLead.com Team
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