Press Release
November 2002

The wastewater treatment plant at "MEAUX" - FRANCE
Presentation

The town of "Meaux", with its central control room, performs the combine functions of collecting and cleaning the wastewater from the local region and the surrounding seven towns. In order to supervise the large scale project, the Town of "Meaux" chose PANORAMA SCADA software.

The objective of "zero pollution" in the local river "Marne" is in the form of a contract with the "Agence de l'eau Seine Normandie" one of the main french water companies.

Details
  Objectives met!
The wastewater processed by the plant conforms to European standards for water re-introduced to a river, with only :
- 15 mg/l of DB05 (carbon material)
- 50 mg/l of DCO (carbon material)
- 20 mg/l of Global Nitrogen of which 7 mg/l Ammonia nitrate
- 20 mg/l of suspended material and the elimination of 80% of Phosphorus
Objectives met !

Project costs
The cost of the water treatment plant project in the town of "Meaux" were :
21.5 M€ before tax.

Principle Values …

130 000 inhabitants :
- Average water volume : 31500 m3 / day
- Maximum volume (dry season) : 2030 m3 / day
- Maximum volume (wet season) : 3060 m3 / day

Pollution values :
- DB05 : 6,92 T/day
- MES : 10,25 T/day
- DCO : 18,76 T/day
- N-NTK : 1,91 T/day
- Phosphorus : 0,420 T/day

 
  Characteristics
 
  Purification processes

Biological processing:
The sludge is treated by prolonged airiation in biologic channels in order to remove the nitrogen and phrosphorus elements.

Sludge processing:
By centrifuge, then as an agricultural fertilizer.

Caractéristiques particulières
- Maximum pre-treatment of the drained materials and cleaning products
- Rainwater flood Management (storage tank and purification tank upstream to flood control PC)
- Storage tanks to manage industrial pollution
- Odour control via physical and chemical methods
- Biological treatment of greases

SCADA Architecture
15,000 variables
Preventitive maintenance using SQL Server
Telemetry using WIT & SOFREL equipment

 
 
  Press Contact:
 

" Les Quadrants Communication " Agency:
Laëtitia BANSSE
Tél : +33 1 53 94 94 53
E-mail : laetitia.bansse@lesquadrants.com