Sewage Pumps Turned On At New KEMH Facility
The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital [KEMH] Acute Care Wing is nearing completion, and the pumps in the new sewage treatment facility were turned on Monday, March 31st.
BHB said, “The state of the art plant constructed by BCM McAlpine Ltd. treats not only the waste expected when the new wing opens in September 2014 but also the current sewage flows from the existing hospital and the Continuing Care Unit.
“Furthermore, the foresight of the Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] design brief for facility ensures that there is additional capacity built into the plant to accommodate future expansion of the hospital.
The green tanks are the biozones where the secondary treatment stage will take place
“Most sewage works discharge effluent [treated sewage] after the removal of solids and following the breakdown and removal of most of the remaining biological components.
“The process that sets the KEMH facility apart from many others is the third stage of treatment known as micro-filtration that removes the extremely fine suspended particles that remain following the first two stages. The result of this is a final product that can be safely discharged to the ecosystem.”
BHB CEO Venetta Symonds said: “Our new sewage treatment plant will treat all 100,000 imperial gallons per day of the wastewater from KEMH to a very high standard. We are pleased that we are able to make this positive impact to our environment.”
Dr. Geoff Smith, Environmental Engineer, Bermuda Department of Environmental Protection said: “This improvement to the treatment of 100,000 imperial gallons per day of wastewater from KEMH is expected to provide at least a 17 percent improvement to the quality of the waste water discharged to the Seabright outfall off south shore.”
BHB added, “This level of treatment was stipulated in an agreement between the Department of Environmental Protection and BHB back in 2010 and is expected to produce water that is clear to the eye containing less than 10 milligrams per litre of suspended solids.
“The pumps in the new facility were turned on Monday 31 March 2014. The hospital’s sewage is currently receiving pre-primary treatment only. When the new wing opens in September the plant will be operating to a tertiary level of treatment
“The equipment was sourced through internationally recognised manufacturers and installers of sewage treatment facilities, Watling-Hope/WPL of the United Kingdom and Evergreen Engineering from the Republic of Ireland. Installation on site was carried out by Bermudian companies BESCO Ltd. and Rocon Services Ltd.
“The underground location of the hospital’s sewage treatment plant is unique in Bermuda. The facility is under the south parking lot of the new Acute Care Wing. Another interesting feature of the hospital’s plant is that it has a specially designed ventilation system.
“Installed by Bermudian company Keen Ltd., the system ensures that the odours usually associated with sewage treatment are collected and filtered before being discharged from vents in the top of the new building some 150 feet above sea level.”
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Well , I wonder what part the PLP played in the execution of this amazing facility ?
who cares….
Fitting for de O.B.A./ubp to first try it out cause they’re full off ….. !!!!!!!!!!!!!
“This just in”….we have a state of the art defecation processing plant at hospital.Insomuch as it is news worthy…I fully understand….it is wonderfull…and extrodinary…not evry one has one of these….will there be a guided tour for our guests to the island,and are we planning transportation to and from, then mabey a brief respite half way through process and have a break for lunch and refreshments…will any of the waste be processed back into potable water?…or just agri-use…watering grass and foilage in theparkinglot…what are the dangers in messing up the process or skipping one chemical within the process due to negligence or need to push on withit when youve run out of one chemical in the process…I understand you can’t stop the process as there is no holding tank…it has to keep going or it backs up.Will there be contingancies in case this happens.They have a process like this on ships…..and as it has been in the news lately…quite often lately…..we have all heard…but haven’t quite made the association yet but…..ship happens…..will hospital carry insurance to renumerate possible contamination?
Go back to school.
It is my humble opinion having this within the same building nagates a sterile environment.Hopfully it is sepparate and well away,also please consider ultra violet lighting at down time…also be watchful of cross contamitation…staff at facility should not enter any steril environment…not even touching the door at entrance…it is cross contamination that causes mersa.
One last item…please add ultra violet lite to clear pvc pipe and make it part of the cleasing process at the end offit…..consider adding it to rooms where surgery takes place when not in use,there are wands now that are used to koll mold on contact…looks like a mechanics light.
New treatment facility? The machinery and tanks in the photo look aged..
@ um um like……?
The picture is of a deisel motor on board the tug boat powerful!
yeah, because that little tug has at least four columns spaced 10 feet apart. why post stupid comments like that?