15th Street Water Treatment Plant. Ocean City, Maryland.

The plant is supplied by wells located at each of the original treatment plant sites as well as several new individual sites, and includes a chemical reaction tank, four dual media gravity filters, chemical storage and feed facilities, well houses, clearwell and finished water pumping. WRA coordinated pilot testing and performed the design for the new water treatment plant. The plant was designed for the removal of 1.0 to 4.0 mg/l of iron from the well supply, and to initially treat up to 8 MGD. Provisions were planned for the possible future addition of a membrane desalination facility, should the water supply ever be affected by salt water intrusion into the ground water aquifers. The addition of that process would reduce the treatment plant capacity to 6 MGD.