SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM RECOVERY ASSESSMENT

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                 C. TTAHRA EXTENDED ARRAT-rOg PZANT:

                      1. General Description. This plant is located West of
                 the Kuwait City center. It has a capacity of approximately
                 8.7 MGD (33liDOO m3 per day).    It is a recently constructed
                 plant in generally good condition. All Flow is received by
                 pressure sewer line.from pumping station A16 directly.      The
                 Jahra area is served by this treatment facility. See Figure
                 11 for the Jahra plant layout.
                      The plant is also an extended aeration variation-of the
                 Activated sludge process.     The facility was designed with
                 pretreatment consisting of mechanically cleaned bar screens
                 and grit removal. Wastewater is brought into. the aeration
                 tanks from the pretreatment processes. ' Aeration is
                 accomplished with surface aerators.          Clarification is
                 accomplished in multiple circular settling tanks and tertiary
                 treatment consists of rapid sand filters and chlorination
                 facilities.    The effluent is currently used in part for
                 irrigation at the plant and elsewhere.

                      2. Pre-invasion condition.. There are no reported or
                 observed major operational or maintenance conditions which
                 interfere with plant operation to design specifications.
                      3. Condition at the time of Ziberation: significant
                 damage was 'done to the laboratory and administration
                 buildings.    Laboratory and administration areas can be
                 -restored to minimal functional levels quickly. There was no
                 indication of war damage to plant equipment or facilities,
                 although one of the two large engine-generator sets was stolen
aced.

                      4. Present Condition and Recommendations: Very little,.
                 if any, work has been accomplished. Restart-of this Plant is
                 a lower priority than the repair of the collection system and
                 the restart of -the Ardiva Plant, Electrical feed to the plant
                 has been disrupted (restored 30 May with KERO assistance).
                 We have been informed that the MEW is working on determining
                 the cause and restoring power to the plant. We also observed
                 a small amount of un@loded ordnance in the area. several@
                 filing cabinets in the administration buildings contained hand
                 grenades. We notified DRAO ntlosive ordnance Disposal Team
                 and the site was supposed to have been cleared 29 May 1991.
                 The @lant is operational and could Provide Primary treatment
                 almost immediately, if a bit of imagination is used in flow
                 control within the plant.'     operate a minimum number of
                 .aeration basins,, only allowing flow to additional aeration
                 basins as the plant influent flow.increaties. Aeration basins
                 should be operated, but without. the proper mixed liquor
                 suspended solids content in the basins, primary treatment is


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Box ID = BX000000
Unit = CONST ENG LABS  
Parent Organization = CORPS OF ENGS   
Folder Title = SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM RECOVERY ASSESSMENT                                                      
Subject = SANITARY SEWAGE SYSTEM RECOVERY ASSESSMENT
Document Number =        129
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