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Water Treatment Plant Production Study <br />WATER TREATMENT PLANT RENOVATIONS AND EXPANSION <br />CITY OF BEAUMONT <br />Freese and Nichols has been involved in the development and expansion of the <br />BeaumonYs water treatment facilities since the 1920s: <br />1929 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 />1941 Freese and Nichols was selected for the expansion of the facilities to a <br />total capacity of 10 MGD and the construcfion of a 5 million gallon <br />underground cleanuell, which remains in service today as the "South" <br />cleanvell. <br />1948 Freese and Nichols designed a new 10 MGD addition to the treatrnent <br />facilities, which is referred to as the "North" plant and is operated <br />independently of the South plant. <br />1959 Further improvements were designed by Freese and Nichols when a <br />new five million gallon underground cleanuell was conshucted. <br />1983 Freese and Nichois designed a 16 MGD expansion to the water <br />heatrnent plan, which upgraded the plant from 10 MGD to 26 MGD. <br />1999 The City of Beaumont authorized Freese and Nichols to pedonn <br />Engineering Studies of the City's water supply source, surface water <br />treatment plant facilities and groundwater production facilities. The <br />pucpose 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 />2000 Freese and Nichols improved the raw and treated water delivery <br />systems. The firm then designed a 14 MGD expansion to the water <br />Ir.novatwe Approncher, <br />li3t 1 :ti1 - NICHpLS <br />