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<br />Plant Production <br /> <br />T reotment <br /> <br />Woter <br /> <br />WATER TREATMENT PLANT RENOVATIONS AND EXPANSION <br /> <br />and expansion of the <br /> <br />CIlY OF BEAUMONT <br />Freese and Nichols has been involved in the development <br />Beaumont's water treatment facilities since the 1920s: <br /> <br />Freese and Nichols designed a filtration plant consisting of chemical <br />facilities and aerator (for manganese removal), flocculators, two <br />sedimentation basins and four rapid mix sand filters rated at a capacity <br />of 4 MGD. <br /> <br />1929 <br /> <br />a <br /> <br />Freese and Nichols was selected for the expansion of the facilities to <br />total capacity of 10 MGD and the consbuction of a 5 million gallon <br />underground clearwell, which remains in service today as the "South' <br />clearwell. <br /> <br />1941 <br /> <br />Freese and Nichols designed a new 10 MGD addition to the treatment <br />facilities, which is referred to as the "North" plant and is operated <br />independently of the South plant. <br /> <br />1948 <br /> <br />Further improvements were designed by Freese and Nichols when a <br />new five million gallon underground clearwell was consbucted. <br /> <br />1959 <br /> <br />Freese and Nichols designed a 16 MGD expansion to the water <br />treatment plan, which upgraded the plant from 10 MGD to 26 MGD <br /> <br />1983 <br /> <br />The City of Beaumont authorized Freese and Nichols to perform <br />Engineering Studies of the City's water supply source, surface water <br />treatment plant facilities and groundwater production facilities. The <br />purpose of the study was to determine the capacity of the water <br />production facilities and improve them as necessary to provide for the <br />water needs of the City of Beaumont and its outside customers to the <br />year 2020. <br /> <br />1999 <br /> <br />Freese and Nichols improved the raw and treated water delivery <br />systems. The firm then designed a 14 MGD expansion to the water <br /> <br />2000 <br /> <br /> <br />innovCltive Approoches... Pro cticCI I Results <br />