Development & Implementation of a Real-time Coagulant Optimization System

Title: Professional Consulting Services for Development and Implementation of a Real-time Coagulant Optimization System at The Water Treatment Plant 

D4. SCOPE OF SERVICES
D4.1 The Services required under this Contract shall consist of model development, hardware deployment, and operator training for a real-time chemical optimization system at the City of Winnipeg Drinking Water Treatment Plant, for the period from award of contract until December 31, 2028, in accordance with the following:
(a) Recommendation System Development and Deployment in accordance with D6;
(b) Quarterly Model Reviews in accordance with D7
(c) Model Retraining in accordance with D8
D4.1.1 The Services required under D6, D7 and D8 shall be in accordance with the City’s Project Management Manual https://winnipeg.ca/infrastructure/asset-management-program/templates-manuals.stm#3 and templates http://winnipeg.ca/infrastructure/asset-management-program/templates-manuals.stm#4 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Consultant is being engaged by the City for their professional expertise; the Consultant shall bring to the Consulting Contract Administrator’s attention any aspect of the City’s Project Management Manual or templates which the Consultant is of the opinion is not consistent with good industry practice.
D4.1.2 Where the Services required include Contract Administration, Consultants shall pay particular attention to the revisions to Section 9.19 and 9.20.1 of the City’s Project Management Manual in Addendum #8. https://winnipeg.ca/infrastructure/asset-management-program/templates-manuals.stm#3
D4.2 The following shall apply to the Services:
(a) City of Winnipeg Green Building Policy: New City-Owned Buildings and major additions
http://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/DMIS/DocExt/ViewDoc.asp?DocumentTypeId=2&DocId=5989
(b) Universal Design Policy
http://clkapps.winnipeg.ca/DMIS/DocExt/ViewDoc.asp?DocumentTypeId=2&DocId=3604
(c) Should this project include a public engagement aspect, it will be required to meet: Public Engagement Guidelines
https://winnipeg.ca/PublicEngagement/pdfs/PublicEngagementRequirements.pdf
D4.3 Historic data from January 1, 2019, to April 1, 2025, will be provided to the successful proponent. The City makes no claim or liability to the accuracy of the information provided. The data includes:
• Intake
o Flow – online daily data
o pH – weekly samples
o Alkalinity – monthly samples
o Total organic carbon – biweekly samples
• Raw Water Pumping
o Flow – online hourly data
o Temperature – online hourly data and weekday samples
o Turbidity – online hourly data and weekday samples
o pH – online hourly data and weekday samples
o Filtered and unfiltered ultraviolet transmissivity (UVT) – weekday samples
o Alkalinity – weekly samples
o Total organic carbon (TOC) – weekly samples
o Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) – weekly samples
• Chemical Dosing Per Train
o Sulphuric Acid dose per train – online hourly data
o Ferric Sulphate dose per train – online hourly data
o Adjusted pH – online hourly data and weekday samples
o Zeta potential per train – twice daily samples
o Alkalinity – weekly samples (2025 only)
• DAF Clarifier Operation
o Flow – online hourly data
o Effluent turbidity per train – online hourly data and weekday samples
o Effluent filtered UVT per train – weekday samples
o Effluent unfiltered UVT per train – online hourly data and weekday samples
o Effluent pH per train – online hourly data and weekday samples
o Effluent iron per train – twice daily samples
o Effluent alkalinity – weekly samples (per train 2025 only)
• Ozone Contact Tanks
o Ozone dose per train – online hourly data
o Sodium Bisulphite Dose per train – online hourly data
o Residual Ozone concentration per train – online hourly data
• Filtered Water
o Filter influent level – online
o Flow – online
o Turbidity – (online and lab)
o Head loss – online
o Unit Filter Run Volume (online)
• Chlorine Contact Tank
o Chlorine dose – online
o pH – online
o Clearwell
o Sodium Hydroxide dose – online
o pH – online and lab
o Turbidity – online
• UV Reactors
o Flow (online)
o UVT (online)
• To Distribution System
o Flow – online
o pH – online
o Chlorine concentration – online and lab
o Turbidity – online and lab
o Filtered and unfiltered UVT – lab
o Iron – lab
o Trihalomethane and Haloacetic Acids – lab
D4.4 The funds available for this Contract are $275,000.

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