(H2M’s Patrick Cole, P.E., CME, CPWM and Brian Van Nortwick, Jr., EIT with their Award Winning Panel at the EEA Banquet.)
HOWELL, NJ, APRIL 19, 2018 —
Each year the American Council of Engineering Companies of New Jersey hosts their annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) competition, which recognizes and celebrates engineering achievements that demonstrate the highest degree of skill and ingenuity among firms throughout the State of New Jersey. Engineering firms submit projects that match the criteria and a panel of diverse, highly distinguished judges meet to rank the submissions. Projects are rated on the basis of uniqueness and innovative applications; future value to the engineering profession; perception by the public; complexity; and successful fulfillment of client/owner’s needs. Winning projects are then honored at the annual Awards Banquet.
This year the 47th Annual Engineering Excellence Awards Banquet took place at Forsgate Country Club in Jamesburg, New Jersey on March 14th, 2018. In attendance was H2M Associates, Inc. (H2M), who received an Honor Award for their Rapid Deployment Treatment Capacity Expansion project.
About the Project:
The New Jersey American Water (NJAW) company owns and operates a large public water system known as its Coastal North Service Area. The area serves a population of over 300,000 people in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Within the Coastal North is the Swimming River Water Treatment Plant (SRWTP), a 40 MGD conventional surface water treatment plant located in Colts Neck Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
NJAW wanted to mitigate stresses of seasonal peak demands and provide greater operational flexibility and redundancy for the Coastal North Service Area. H2M was brought in to evaluate the various source treatment and property assets of NJAW in the Coastal North Service Area. After reporting on the logistical constraints and engaging in risk management reviews with NJAW, H2M acted as design engineer, permitting agent, and construction manager/inspector during the implementation and pilot scale testing of two 1.14 MGD mobile membrane filtration treatment units at SRWTP.
After the success of the initial pilot program, NJAW decided to implement membrane technology at a capacity of 4.0 MGD to supplement SRWTP capacity using microfiltration (MF) membranes. To support the full scale implementation, H2M designed new process piping connections, booster pumping facilities, chemical feed systems, site improvements, electrical upgrades, and controls integration with existing plant SCADA; all without causing major disruptions to existing plant operations.
The successful completion of this project improved the reliability of public water supply in NJAW’s Coastal North Service Area by expanding its overall seasonal treatment capacity. It reduced the stress on the treatment processes during seasonal peaks, and created a cost effective solution to allow greater operational flexibility.
H2M is honored to have attended such a distinguished event and to have been recognized with such a prestigious award.
Celebrating 85 years, H2M is a full-service consulting and design firm offering the expertise of more than 390 architects, engineers (water supply, civil/site, structural, M/E/P, wastewater and environmental), planners, designers, inspectors, surveyors and scientists. H2M is proud of its long history of client service and consistent ability to meet architectural, engineering, and environmental challenges head on. H2M offers a practical approach, with creative results.
