Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

A Project to Evaluate the Efficacy of a Woodchip Bioreactor for Denitrification of Tertiary Effluent from the Bolton Wastewater Treatment Plant (Lake George, Warren County, New York): LCSG-BOLTON WWTP-WOODCHIP BIOREACTOR SAMPLING INFORMATION AND CHEMISTRY DATA

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  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

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      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
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Abstract

    A 31-month monitoring program conceived, designed, and implemented in response to the installation of a “green technology” woodchip bioreactor at the Town of Bolton Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The goal of this Lake Champlain Sea Grant Project was to implement and conduct a thorough investigation of a woodchip bioreactor in an upstate New York wastewater treatment facility to determine the feasibility of using this ‘green’ infrastructure technology to remove nitrate-nitrogen from plant effluent which is discharged to groundwater and then enters Bolton Bay in Lake George.

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  • Jim Sutherland: Principal Investigator

  • Kathleen Suozzo: Principal Investigator

  • Chris Navitsky: Principal Investigator

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    • Title: LCSG-BOLTON WWTP-WOODCHIP BIOREACTOR SAMPLING INFORMATION AND CHEMISTRY DATA
    • Start Date: 2019-03-19
    • End Date: 2021-09-30
    • Description: A comprehensive monitoring program that focused on the woodchip bioreactor and other important Project components within and adjacent to the Bolton WWTP property was initiated on March 19th 2019 and continued through September 30th 2021. The program included water sample and field data collection from bioreactor influent, monitoring wells and effluent, plant effluent discharge, SPDES Permit wells and Stewart Brook, as well as a detailed analysis and evaluation of treatment plant operations. There were 66 bi-weekly field excursions and 642 water samples collected during the 31-month monitoring effort at a total of 14 sampling stations. The woodchip bioreactor was in operation a total of 679 days before the unit processor had to be shut down due to internal plugging. Sample collection and processing were conducted according to standard protocol and samples were submitted to a laboratory certified to process and analyze chemistry samples for New York State SPDES permit operating requirements. The COVID-19 pandemic had a slight impact on the field monitoring effort.

    • Purpose: The original and primary Project objectives were to (1) characterize the chemistry of the Bolton WWTP effluent, with particular emphasis on nitrate, ammonia and soluble reactive phosphorus of the effluent stream being denitrified through the bioreactor and side-by-side, the stream not being denitrified, and (2) monitor the improvement in groundwater nitrate levels moving down-gradient from the WWTP during the study period.

    • Condensed Title: 20230630081913_LCSG-BOLTON WWTP WOODCHIP BIOREACTOR SAMPLING INFO AND CHEMISTRY DATA-062723.xlsx

    • Object Name: VMC.1752.3858

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Sutherland, J (2023) LCSG-BOLTON WWTP-WOODCHIP BIOREACTOR SAMPLING INFORMATION AND CHEMISTRY DATA. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/a-project-to-evaluate-the-efficacy-of-a-woodchip-bioreactor-for-denitrification-of-tertiary-effluent-from-the-bolton-wastewater-treatment-plant--lake-george--warren-county--new-york-/dataset/lcsg-bolton-wwtp-woodchip-bioreactor-sampling

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/a-project-to-evaluate-the-efficacy-of-a-woodchip-bioreactor-for-denitrification-of-tertiary-effluent-from-the-bolton-wastewater-treatment-plant--lake-george--warren-county--new-york-/dataset/lcsg-bolton-wwtp-woodchip-bioreactor-sampling

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