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However, the hospital additionally performs diagnostic procedures and treatments generally only seen at private veterinary specialty practices and veterinary colleges. The main hospital serves as the referral center for working dogs world-wide if the appropriate care cannot be provided by local veterinary treatment facilities. The service is located in two facilities, a state-of-the-art hospital on the southwest portion of the main base, and a small clinic at the MTA.

The main facility, the Holland Military Working Dog Hospital, was opened in and is approximately 38, square feet in size, of which about 30, sq ft is devoted to areas that directly care for the dogs. The remaining area houses office, mechanical and storage space.

There are approximately 55 people who are part of the DoDMWDVS including 14 veterinarians, 23 technicians, six non-medical support personnel as well as contract dog handlers and janitorial staff.

Appendix B. Appendix C. Appendix D. The Advanced Purification Center is a demonstration facility that uses a unique application of membrane bioreactors in the advanced water treatment process. The project will also develop design criteria for a potential full-scale facility, clarify costs for advanced treatment, and ultimately obtain regulatory permits for a full-scale program. An independent science advisory panel has been selected to provide an objective review of technical, scientific, regulatory, and public health aspects of the Advanced Purification Center.

To ensure objectivity, the National Water Research Institute NWRI, a nonprofit organization with extensive experience in the water reuse industry, selected the panel and will manage its activities.

The panelists represent industry and academic experts in drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, advanced water treatment, toxicology, chemistry, microbiology, hydrogeology, pipeline corrosion, and drinking water and recycled water regulations and permitting.

The panelists are listed below with their areas of expertise. Paul Anderson, Ph. Anderson has been involved in toxicological research for more than 25 years. His expertise is toxicology. Joe Cotruvo , Ph. Cotruvo has more than 45 years of experience conducting research and writing policy related to drinking water quality. His expertise is chemistry.

Charles Haas, Ph. Haas has more than 45 years of experience conducting research. His expertise is microbiology. Harder has more than 22 years of professional groundwater consulting experience. His expertise is hydrogeology. Nancy Love, Ph. Her research evaluates the fate and removal of pathogens and contaminants of emerging concern in water with relevance to public health and the environment and advances technologies that recover useful resources from water. Adam Olivieri , Ph.

Olivieri has over 30 years of experience in leading technical and regulatory projects associated with wastewater, water recycling and reuse, and others. His expertise is water regulations and permitting.

Vernon Snoeyink , Ph. His expertise is pipeline corrosion. Paul Westerhoff , Ph. Westerhoff has taught at Arizona State University since His expertise is drinking water treatment and advanced water treatment. The independent science advisory panel will participate throughout the testing period for the demonstration project and until report s are submitted to regulators for approval of the purification process.

The independent science advisory panel is the second panel for the Regional Recycled Water Program. Initially, an advisory panel was created to provide input on the feasibility of the program. Metropolitan and Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts are working collaboratively to develop a potential regional recycled water supply program that would purify and reuse water for recharge of groundwater basins in Southern California.

An advisory panel of key subject matter experts was established to provide independent review and critical input on the scope and direction of the program during its demonstration project phase.

In this initial effort, the panel provided input into the development of the program's feasibility and financial assessments, as well as the design of the demonstration plant. Margie Nellor, Co-Chair: Expert on recycled water reuse programs, pretreatment and related regulatory issues. Thomas Harder: Hydrogeologist with expertise on Southern California's groundwater basins.

David Jenkins: Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley, with expertise on biological wastewater treatment processes, and water and wastewater chemistry passed away March Ed Means : Internationally recognized water quality and water resources management expert, with over 35 years experience, numerous peer-reviewed publications, and contributor or author of several books.

Joe Reichenberger: Professor at Loyola Marymount University, Professional Engineer and Board Certified Environmental Engineer, with over 50 years experience in water, wastewater and recycled water systems and treatment. Paul Westerhoff: Professor at Arizona State University with expertise in advanced treatment processes. The panel met periodically to review and discuss selected topics presented by project staff.

These reviews provided input on:. The work of the program advisory panel is now complete. A new independent science advisory panel has been formed to provide input on the demonstration project. Read answers to frequently asked questions. Contact us for additional information. The Regional Recycled Water Advanced Purification Center Center is a , gallon-per-day demonstration facility designed to test an innovative water purification process for potential groundwater replenishment.

Scientists and engineers are testing this advanced purification process to demonstrate that the resulting purified water meets all health and water quality requirements and is safe to replenish groundwater basins used as a drinking water supply. As it is a testing facility, the water purified at the Center goes back to the start of the JWPCP to be re-treated and eventually sent to the ocean.

The Center tests a potential purification process for the Regional Recycled Water Program to ensure it produces water safe for groundwater replenishment and reuse.

A key objective of the facility is to obtain regulatory approval for the innovative purification technology in use. It also allows Metropolitan, in collaboration with LACSD, to optimize operations and identify costs, gather operational data, and develop design parameters needed for a future full-scale facility.

In addition, the Center is used to showcase the project to the public. Visitors have an opportunity to virtually tour the facility and learn more about the purification process. While recycled water in purple pipe systems undergoes an extensive treatment process and can be used for irrigation and industrial purposes, the water is not intended for human consumption.

The Center uses advanced water treatment technologies such as reverse osmosis and ultraviolet disinfection, which have been used in Southern California and elsewhere for decades to produce water that safely replenishes groundwater basins for use as a drinking water supply.

Ocean desalination also uses reverse osmosis technology. However, because ocean water is about 25 times saltier than wastewater, desalination requires much more energy, additional membranes, and higher operational and maintenance costs compared to purifying wastewater. Yes, the technologies in the purification process at the Center remove pharmaceuticals and other microscopic materials. This has been verified at the Center, in previous pilot studies conducted by Metropolitan and LACSD, and by water agencies operating purification facilities that use some of the same advanced technological processes.

The purified water is monitored and tested by scientists and engineers for hundreds of compounds, including pharmaceuticals, to ensure the water meets water quality requirements to replenish groundwater basins. Membrane bioreactors MBR are often used in wastewater treatment plants, where they remove organic materials and nitrogen compounds from water.

At the Center, the MBR uses both biological treatment and membrane technology to clean the water before it is sent on the reverse osmosis process. First, it removes nitrogen compounds from the water through biological treatment. The MBR process ensures that the reverse osmosis units operate successfully without fouling, or prematurely downgrading, them.

The JWPCP is an ocean discharge facility and not designed to remove nitrogen compounds such as ammonia, nitrates and nitrites from wastewater. MBRs are not only effective at removing nitrogen compounds, but also are able to remove organics and other microscopic materials, including microorganisms such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia. In addition, they help minimize the fouling and downgrading of reverse osmosis membranes. Microfiltration alone cannot perform this important two-step treatment process of removing nitrogen and removing particulates from the water prior to reverse osmosis treatment.

While MBRs have been extensively used in wastewater treatment, they have not yet been tested for groundwater replenishment projects in California. Potable water is drinkable. Potable reuse refers to highly purified water that meets or exceeds federal and state drinking water standards and is safe to reuse for drinking.

The Center is currently focused on producing purified water for indirect potable reuse, i. With indirect potable reuse, purified water would first replenish groundwater basins, where it would undergo additional, natural filtration and blend with other water supplies. Water from the underground basin would eventually be pumped up, treated, and reused again.

Direct potable reuse refers to purified water that flows directly into the drinking water treatment and distribution system, skipping the groundwater basin step. Metropolitan is considering direct potable reuse where purified recycled water would be an additional supply added upstream of the water treatment process. This is called raw water augmentation and regulations for this type of reuse are expected to be released in Purification processes for raw water augmentation may be tested in the future at the Center.

The testing period involves three stages: 1 initial testing of equipment and developing laboratory methods; 2 testing each technology and the overall purification process for performance during normal, baseline conditions; and 3 testing each technology and the overall purification process for performance during compromised or challenged conditions.

Currently, the third stage of testing is in implementation. During the testing period, scientists and engineers evaluate and monitor the purification process for hundreds of water quality parameters to determine its ability to produce water that complies with all water quality and regulatory requirements associated with groundwater replenishment and reuse. Final testing results are expected in late The Division will determine if the proposed purification process, including application of the MBR technology, meets all water quality and public health standards.

Once the purification process is approved, it may be used for a future full-scale facility. This efficient, cost-effective advanced treatment process also may be used by other water utilities, further expanding water reuse in California.

Extensive testing is conducted at the Center to demonstrate the purification process using MBR technology will meet regulatory requirements. Ultimately, if the purification process is not approved, other alternatives will be considered. Other options also would be researched and reviewed as needed. Once testing is complete, the Center may be used to conduct additional studies on membrane bioreactors in the water purification process.

These studies will provide information needed to further develop the design and operations of a full-scale advanced water treatment facility. New regulations for this type of process are expected to be released in Currently, virtual tours are available.

For more information and to register, please visit our Tours webpage. After the process is approved, there may be opportunities to taste the purified water. During the testing period, the purified water from the Center returns to the start of the JWPCP where it is re-treated and eventually flows to the ocean.

LACSD, partners in the demonstration project, have provided critical infrastructure and services such the project site, electrical power, process water piping, staff time and various resources to perform laboratory analyses. Metropolitan is researching grant and other funding opportunities at the state and federal levels for both the demonstration facility and a full-scale program. This phase will take place from and includes technical studies and environmental analyses that will provide additional information about the program.

If approved, the full-scale project will take seven years to complete and the program would be begin in As design elements of the program progress, future assessments will be made to determine whether additional environmental documentation, beyond the original PEIR, must be prepared.