ADVANCED TREATMENT SYSTEMS, INC.

2780 S.E. Harrison, Suite #102

Milwaukie, Oregon 97222  U.S.A.

Main Phone: 503-654-3061  Seattle: 206-325-8434

FAX:  504-652-8584   Email: jim@atswastewater.com

 

 

             PRELIMINARY SIZING QUESTIONNAIRE

                                      “HOSPITAL WASTEWATER APPLICATION”

 

 

1.        Describe the type of hospital or clinic, such as in-city facility or in-village (rural clinic).

                                                                                                                                                                   

         A. Site elevation above sea level (meters).                  

 

         B. Ambient temperature: Summer                            C.          Winter                             C.

 

  2.    Total number of patient beds in hospital:                                                   . 

 

  3.    Average number of patient beds filled per day:                                        .   (Average/Year)

 

4.        Is hospital connected to municipal (city-wide), fresh water supply or does hospital have its own separate water source?  If separate water source, is separate source ground well water? Please describe.

 

                                                                                                                                                               .

 

       A. Cubic meters of fresh water used/24-hour day:                                                             .

 

       B. Estimated daily sewage flow (M3/day):                                                                                .

 

 5.     Total number of hospital employees per work shift/day.                                                       .

 

 6.     Number of work shifts per 24-hour day?                                                                                 .

 

 7.     Are hospital employees provided cafeteria meals at hospital?                                             .

 

8.          Number of meals hospital serves per 24-hour day:

 

A.  Patient meals:                                                                                                                         .

 

B.  Staff (employee meals):                                                                                                           

 

                                                                                                                                                                 .

 

 

9.          Does all food waste not eaten at hospital go to the sewer?

 

A.                                  Yes.               B.                                    No. 

 

Please describe what happens to food wastes:                                                                           

 

                                                                                                                                                       .

 

 

10.   Does hospital have its own laundry?                                      Yes.                                      No.

 

11.   Hours of operation for hospital laundry?                            24-hours.   Describe if other

        than a 24-hour operation.

 

                                                                                                                                                                 .

 

 

12.   Estimate cubic meters of laundry flow per day?                                                                       .

 

13.      Type and amount of laundry detergent used each day (describe):                                          

                                                                                                                                                                 .

 

14.      Is a bleaching agent used at laundry?  If so, please describe how much bleach is utilized each day.  (Again, question only relevant if laundry located at hospital).

 

                                                                                                                                                                 .

 

15.   Is hospital State-owned enterprise?                                    Yes.                                        No.

 

16.   If State-owned facility, is hospital operated by private agency?                             Yes/No.

 

17.      Name and address of district sewer office overseeing hospital regulations.

  

                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                .

 

 

18.      Briefly describe hospital building, such as age, number of floors, etc.

 

                                                                                                                                                               .

 

 

19.   Please provide an accurate description of the amount of land space available to construct            wastewater treatment facilities.  A sketch or site plan drawing showing the entire

        property as well as the hospital would work best. An autocad drawing, if available, can be

        emailed to our office at email address shown below.

 

20.    Is there room on the property so that all of the wastewater facilities could be constructed

        below ground?

 

                                                                                                                                                                .

 

 

21.  Describe any unique time interval during a 24-hour day during which a large percentage of daily flow occurs and estimated time duration that flow rate is sustained.

 

                                                                                                                                                                 .

 

 

22.  Please place any known treated effluent concentrations in applicable boxes below.  These

      target limits are extremely important and will be used by ATS to design the wastewater

      treatment system. They also will establish the cost of the overall treatment facility

 

      A. Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD):                       mg/l

   

      B. Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD):                            mg/l

 

      C. Suspended solids (TSS):                           mg/l

 

      D. Carbonaceous BOD (CBOD):                         mg/l

 

      E. Ammonia Nitrogen (NH3):                            mg/l

 

      F. Orthophosphate (PO4):                             mg/l

 

      G. Total Nitrogen:                                 mg/l

 

      H. Fecal Coliform levels:                               CFU /100 ml

 

       I. Chlorine limitations:                               ppm

 

      J.  pH limits:                                    S.U.

 

      K. Dissolved Oxygen:                                    ppm

 

      L. Grease (F.O.G):                                        mg/l

 

      M. Sulphates (SO4):                                      mg/l

 

      M. Metals Concentrations (mg/l):

 

            Lead                                          

 

            Chrome                                    

 

            Mercury                                   

 

            Zinc                                          

 

            Arsenic                                     

 

            Other (please describe):                                                                                                            .

 

 

23. Treated Effluent Discharge:

                                                                                                              Yes          No

    A. Reclaimed or reused?                                                                                            

 

    B. Spray irrigation for golf course?                                                                          

   

    C. Discharge to open body of water?                                                                        

 

    D. Discharge to a municipal W.W.T.F?                                                                   

 

    E. If yes on "C" above describe stream sensitivity limits:

 

                                                                                                                                                               . 

 

                                                                                                           Yes               No

                                                 

    F. Subsurface discharge? (Drainfields, tile fields, etc.)                                             

 

       Describe:                                                                                                                                          .

 

 

    G. Describe any other discharge or use other than stated above:

 

                                                                                                                                                                 .

 

 

24.  Is treatment facility (to be) located inside a building or outside exposed to weather

      elements?:

 

    A. Indoors: Describe:                                                                                                                         .

 

    B. Outdoors: Describe:                                                                                                                      .

 

    C. Summer precipitation amount (cm):                             . 

 

    D. Winter precipitation amount (cm):                                 .

 

 

25. Describe wastewater collection system bringing wastewater to the treatment plant:

  

    A. Age of piping (months):                                               .

 

    B. Material construction of piping:                                  .

 

    C. Is collection system piping rain water tight to prevent ground water infiltration?

 

       Yes:             

 

       No:                 If no, provide estimated volume per day/season additional water entering the

                               piping.

 

                                                                                                                                                                 .

 

 

    D. Is new piping to be installed?   Yes:                       .      No:                         .

 

26. Is sewage at the site conveyed to the sewage plant location via onsite Pump Stations?

 

       Yes:                        Expected Flow Rate (M3/Min):                            

 

        No:                       

 

 

27. If answer to Question 11 above is “No”, should ATS provide pump stations in its sewage

      treatment plant proposal?  A scale site plan or sketch is required. If no sketch is available

      then a detailed description of the site and appreciable elevation changes are required.

 

 

28. Plant Operations:

 

    A. Owner of plant to operate?                                                          

 

    B. Outside individual(s) to operate?                                                

 

    C. Manufacturer to provide operator(s)?                                       

 

    D. Manufacturer to provide onsite operator training?                 

 

    Describe any other applicable operations requirements:

 

                                                                                                                                                              

 

                                                                                                                                                           . 

 

 

 

29. Permits: (Please check if applicable)

 

    A. Existing and current:                                          

 

    B. New permits required:                                        

 

    C. No permits required:                                          

 

    D. ATS to assist in obtaining permit?                     

 

    E. If new permits are required, estimated amount of time before permits are issued:

 

                               Days.   Name of Agency:                                                                                 .

 

 

30. Construction dequirements:

 

A.       Local onsite (skilled) labor to be utilized?                                                      .

 

B.       Date desired for STP construction:                                                               .

 

          C.   Describe electrical power available at site:                                                                      

 

                                                                                                                                                     .

 

 

31.   Is concrete available at site:                                              Yes or No

 

32.    Is any other foundation support available:                                                                              .

 

33.    Name of project (hospital):                                                                                                        .

 

34.    Is construction funding available:                           .  (Yes or No)

 

35.   Method of payment for W.W.T.F. equipment:                                                                         .

 

36.        Is a 10 – 15 year bank loan desired and, if so, should manufacturer provide banking as

         part of its proposal?

 

         Yes:                                    .       No:                                          .

 

 

37.   Name and address of person filling out questionnaire:

 

        Name:                                                                                                                                              

 

        District:                                                                                                                                           

 

        City:                                                                                                                                                 

      

        Street & Postal Code:                                                                                                                  . 

 

38.   Your Communications:

 

       A. Phone number:                                                                                

      

       B. Fax number:                                                                              

      

       C. E-Mail address:                                                                         

 

 

39. IMPORTANT NOTES (if any):

 

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40. Advanced Treatment Systems, Inc. (ATS) can provide a written technical specification for each process component or the entire treatment facility as a whole. Please check below for the component you desire to have a written specification for.

 

A.     Sewage Cutter Pump Station _____

 

B.  Shredding Comminutor _____

 

C.     Particle Fine Screen _____

 

D.    Flow Splitter Box _____

 

E.     Biological Reactors _____

 

F.      Submersible Aerator/Mixers _____

 

G.    Floating Decanter System _____

 

H.    Liquid Chlorination System _____

 

I.       Fine Particle Filtration System _____

 

J.      Ultra-Violet Light Sterilization Unit _____

 

K.    Sludge De-watering System _____

 

L.     Sludge Incineration Unit _____

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADVANCED TREATMENT SYSTEMS, INC.

10600 S.E. McLoughlin Boulevard

Milwaukie, Oregon 97222 U.S.A.

 

Phone: 503-654-3061 - Seattle: 206-325-8434

 

Fax Number: 503-652-8584

 

E-Mail: jim@atswastewater.com

 

Web Site:  www.atswastewater.com