WSP08031

• File Number: 8278.100
• Description: Title 1 - Yuma Desalter
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Date: 4/1/1977
• Author: USDOI/BOR
• Title: Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Project - Title I Division - Desalting Complex Unit, Arizona - Status Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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TAB LE OF CONTENTS (Continued)
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2. Description of Desalting Plant 90
a. Pretreatment System and Associated Works 92
(I) Intake and Chlorination 92
(2) Grit Sedimentation Basins 94
(3) Intake Pumping Plant 95
(4) Solids Contact Reactor 97
(5) Dual Media Gravity Filters 100
(6) Clear Well 103
(7) Backwash Sump 103
(8) Bypass Piping Around Clear Well 104
(9) Pretreatment Control Building 104
(10) SI udge Ha nd Ii ng 104
(II) Chemical Handling and~ Storage Facilities 106
b. Desalting System and Associated Works 109
(I) Clear Well Pumping Plant 109
(2) Desalting Building 1\2
. (3) Administration Building and Visitor',
Facilities 115
(4) Standby Power 116
(5) Fire Protection Equipment 116
c. Appurtenant Works 117
(I) Potable Water Supply 117
(2) Sewage Treatment Plant 117
(3) Maintenance Building 118
(4) Energy Recovery and Chlorine Building 118
(5) Miscellaneous Structure Foundations 119
(6) Pipelines 119
(7) Power Supply Source 120
(8) Power Transmission 129
(9) Desalting Plant Switchyard 131
(10) Electrical Distribution 132
(I I) Plant Site Canals 133
(12) Spend Chemical Solution Pond 133
( 13) Access 133
(14) Landscaping 134
3. Equipment Procurement and Specifications 134
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