马萨诸塞州林肯镇最近完成了一座160万加仑/天（mgd）地表水微滤（MF）水处理厂的设计。工厂必须符合当前和预期的监管要求。由于地表水MF工厂是马萨诸塞州联邦的新工厂，因此需要解决几个监管问题，包括:膜的中试测试要求；技术接受；确定清除信用；冗余要求；完整性测试要求； 以及反冲洗处理。马萨诸塞州环境保护部（MDEP）的批准对于继续实施该设施至关重要。由于马萨诸塞州没有关于膜的法规或指南，该州对膜技术的知识和经验有限。本文讨论了如何解决每个问题，以及如何为这个小社区完成膜处理厂的最终设计，以取代正式的监管指南。包括桌子。

The Town of Lincoln, Massachusetts recently completed the design of a 1.6 million gallons per day (mgd) surface water microfiltration (MF) water treatment plant. The plant was required to comply with current and anticipated regulatory requirements. Because a MF plant for surface water was new to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, there were several regulatory issues that needed to be addressed including: pilot testing requirements for membranes; technology acceptance; determination of removal credit; redundancy requirements; integrity testing requirements; and, backwash disposal. Approval from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) was critical in order to proceed with implementing this facility. Because no regulations or guidelines for membranes existed in Massachusetts, the state had limited knowledge of and experience with membrane technology. This paper discusses how each issue was addressed and how the final design of a membrane treatment plant for this small community was completed in lieu of formal regulatory guidelines. Includes tables.