Reservior and water treatment plant study, Cecil County

Date: 05/15/2006

Cost Estimate for water treatment plant

Basis
1 Handbook of Public water systems by Culp, Wesner and Culp (Edited by Robert Williams & Gordon Culp)
published in 1986 is used as a reference to get the cost curve for water treatment plants
2 CCI Index is used to upgrade the curve for May, 2006
3 The treatment plant at Elkton was contacted
Elkton Town Of, Water Plant - (410) 392-6637 - 116 Delaware Ave, Elkton, MD 21921
Treatment at plant includes coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration (using mixed media) and disinfection (using chlorine)
4 Cost curve for Water treatment plant with filtration from Book is used for this purpose

Cecil County, Water Treatment Plant

Date: 05/15/2006

0.01 - 1 MGD Plant

Cost Curves using construction cost index (CCI)
CCI in 1978

2776

CCI in September 2008

8557

Index Ratio

3.0825

Using cost curve for pacakge treatmen unit at filtration rate of 2 gpm/ft2
from EPA document "Estimating water treatment costs, Vol 3" published in 1979, pp 12 (Fig 2)
Plant capacity
gal/min
MGD
10
0.01
30
0.04
60
0.09
100
0.14
200
0.29
500
0.72
600
0.86

Capital Cost ($)

Construction Cost
Year 1986
Year 2006
Year 2006
67,000
206,527
278,811
87,000
268,177
362,039
120,000
369,899
499,364
160,000
493,199
665,818
210,000
647,323
873,887
400,000
1,232,997
1,664,546
500,000
1,541,246
2,080,683

Project Cost
Year 2006
376,395
488,752
674,141
898,855
1,179,747
2,247,137
2,808,922

* As per the discussion of Jerry with the Cecil County on June 27, 2006, the costs are increased by 50% that of estmated project costs previously

1 - 14 MGD Plant (Conventional treatment)

Cost Curves using construction cost index (CCI)
CCI in 1984

4146

CCI in September 2008

8557

Index Ratio

2.0639

Using cost curve for year 2006 was obtained from Handbook of Public water systems
by Culp, Wesner and Culp, 1986, pp 1000 (Fig: 30.2)
Conventional Alum Coagulation Process
Plant capacity
MGD
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
13
14

Unit Plant Cost ($)

Construction Cost
Year 1986
Year 2008
Year 2008
1,500,000
3,095,876
4,179,432
2,000,000
4,127,834
5,572,576
2,400,000
4,953,401
6,687,091
2,700,000
5,572,576
7,522,978
3,000,000
6,191,751
8,358,864
3,400,000
7,017,318
9,473,379
3,800,000
7,842,885
10,587,894
4,000,000
8,255,668
11,145,152
4,300,000
8,874,843
11,981,038
4,800,000
9,906,802
13,374,182
7,600,000
15,685,769
21,175,789
11,000,000
22,703,087
30,649,168
14,000,000
28,894,838
39,008,032

Project Cost
Revised Project Cost
Year 2008
Year 2008*
5,642,233
8,463,350
7,522,978
11,284,466
9,027,573
13,541,360
10,156,020
15,234,030
11,284,466
16,926,700
12,789,062
19,183,593
14,293,657
21,440,486
15,045,955
22,568,933
16,174,402
24,261,603
18,055,146
27,082,719
28,587,315
42,880,972
41,376,377
62,064,565
52,660,843
78,991,264

* As per the discussion of Jerry with the Cecil County on June 27, 2006, the costs are increased by 50% that of estmated project costs previously

1 - 14 MGD Plant (Direct Filtration treatment)

Cost Curves using construction cost index (CCI)
CCI in 1984

4146

CCI in September 2008

8557

Index Ratio

2.0639
Using cost curve for year 2006 was obtained from Handbook of Public water systems
by Culp, Wesner and Culp, 1986, pp 1000 (Fig: 30.2)
Direct Filtration Treatment Process
Plant capacity
MGD
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
13
14

Capital Cost ($)

Year 1986
Year 2006
1,200,000
2,476,700
1,600,000
3,302,267
1,900,000
3,921,442
2,250,000
4,643,813
2,600,000
5,366,184
2,800,000
5,778,968
3,000,000
6,191,751
3,200,000
6,604,534
3,400,000
7,017,318
3,800,000
7,842,885
6,000,000
12,383,502
7,600,000
15,685,769
9,500,000
19,607,212

Cost Curves using construction cost index (CCI)

CCI in 1978

2776

CCI in September 2008

8557

Index Ratio

3.0825
Using cost curve for pacakge treatmen unit at filtration rate of 5 gpm/ft2
from EPA document "Estimating water treatment costs, Vol 3" published in 1979, pp 12 (Fig 2)
Plant capacity
gal/min
MGD
10
0.01
30
0.04
60
0.09
100
0.14
200
0.29
500
0.72
700
1.01

Capital Cost ($)

Year 1986*
Year 2006
55,000
169,537
68,000
209,610
80,000
246,599
97,000
299,002
130,000
400,724
200,000
616,499
260,000
801,448

Revised Project Cost

Year 2006*
564,593
733,129
1,011,212
1,348,282
1,769,621
3,370,706
4,213,382

ct costs previously

ct costs previously

POTENTIAL TREATMENT PLANT CAPACITY VS. COST (Less than 1 MGD)

4,500,000
2 gpm/ft2 rate

4,000,000

3,500,000

Cost ($)

3,000,000

2,500,000

2,000,000

1,500,000

1,000,000

500,000

0
0.00

0.10

0.20

0.30

0.40

0.50

0.60

0.70

0.80

0.90

1.00

Plant Capacity (MGD)

Notes:
Unit cost curve for pacakge treatment plant referred from document EPA-600/2-79-162c (Estimating Water Treatment Costs, Volume 3, 1979, pp 12, Figure 2 with
filtration rate of 2 gpm/ft2)
Construction cost indices (CCI) : 2776 (for year 1978 when data was generated) and 7691 (for May, 2006) referred from MacGraw Hill Construction ENR Index
were used to adjust the curves
This curve was then adjusted for construction cost (considering additional 35% of treament plant cost) to get total construction cost of the plant
This value was further adjusted for administration, legal and enginering fees (considering additional 35% of total constrution cost) to get the total project cost
Final curve was increased by an additional 50% to account for recent trends in water treatment plants.

FIGURE 18

POTENTIAL TREATMENT PLANT CAPACITY VS. COST (Greater than 1 MGD)

90,000,000
Year 2006

80,000,000

70,000,000

Cost ($)

60,000,000

50,000,000

40,000,000

30,000,000

20,000,000

10,000,000

0
0

10

12

14

16

Plant Capacity (MGD)

Notes:
Unit cost curve for conventional treatment plant referred from "Handbook of public water systems by Culp, Wesner & Culp, 1986, pp 998, Figure 30-1
Construction cost indices (CCI) : 4146 (for year 1984 when curve was generated) and 7691 (for May, 2006) referred from MacGraw Hill Construction ENR Index
were used to adjust the curves
This curve was then adjusted for construction cost (considering additional 35% of treament plant cost) to get total construction cost of the plant
This value was further adjusted for administration, legal and enginering fees (considering additional 35% of total constrution cost) to get the total project cost
Final curve was increased by an additional 50% to account for recent trends in water treatment plants.

FIGURE 8

Figure II : Cost Curve for Water Treatment Plant with direct filtration
25,000,000
Year 1986
Year 2006

20,000,000

Cost ($)

15,000,000

10,000,000

5,000,000

0
0

8
Plant Capacity (MGD)

10

12

14

16