PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
- Commissioned December, 2009
- Domestic WW, New Construction
- Permit(s); Discharge
- Municipal => River (Rio Grande River)
- MMF Capacity: 0.9 MGD
- $17.78/gal
- 9 FTE (Full-Time Employees)

I am absolutely pleased that we can serve the people of Los Lunas with a state-of-the-art facility. I don’t want to put anything in that river that would contaminate it. - Robert Vialpando, Mayor of the Village of Los Lunas.
DESCRIPTION
The Los Lunas, New Mexico MBR is a new construction designed to take over for the existing extended aeration plant. The first phase of the project has a treatment daily average capacity of 0.9 MGD and a second phase membrane upgrade will double this capacity to 1.8 MGD with a peak of 3.6 MGD. This upgrade will be performed with the plant operational, meeting effluent quality requirements and without increasing the plant footprint.
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PROJECT OVERVIEW
System Type(s) | Ovivo® MBR |
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Previous Facility Type | Extended Aeration, Aerobic Digestion |
Owner | Village of Los Lunas |
Engineer | MolzenCorbin |
Contractor | RMCI |
Operations | Village of Los Lunas |
Delivery Method | Pre-Selection |
Time To Retrofit | 12 months |
Total Installed Project Cost | $16,000,000 |
PLANT DESIGN INFORMATION
Fine Screen Type | Drum Screen |
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Aperture or Slot Size | 2 mm |
Supplemental Aeration Technology | Medium Bubble, TransMax |
MBR Blower Type | Positive Displacement |
Solids Management Data | Belt Press |
SCADA System | iFix |
Disinfection Method | UV |
# Process Stages | 3 |
MBR (MEMBRANE ZONE) DESIGN
Filtration Mode | Gravity |
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# of Reactors : | 4 |
Submerged Membrane Unit (SMU) | EK400, KUBOTA® |
# SMU | 36 |
Design Flux (MMF) | 14.5 gfd |
Minimum Temperature | 15°C |
Peak Factor | 2.0 |
# of Maintenance Cleans | 2 |