Drinking Water Projects

Design and construction administration services for the expansion of the Wes Brown (formerly Columbine) Water Treatment Plant in Thornton, Colo., addressing water quality concerns and increasing plant capacity.

A multiphase water system master plan for the City of Fort Smith, Ark., including identification and evaluation of potential water sources; and plans, specifications and construction services for the enlarged Lake Fort Smith Dam and Water Supply Reservoir.

Master plan to evaluate alternatives to relieve the demands on the Sparta Aquifer.

Distribution system master planning for the McPherson, Kan., Board of Public Utilities water system, ensuring capability to meet growing residential and commercial demand, including the development of a GIS model.

Project manager for the Equus Beds Groundwater Recharge Demonstration Project for the City of Wichita, Kansas, since 1993. Phase I is a large-scale aquifer storage and recovery project using water from many sources.

Provided professional services to identify and evaluate sites. Also provided development assistance and permitting for the installation of a peaking power facility.

Major water system master plan for Fort Smith, Ark., intended to meet water supply needs through 2055. The $143 million, multi-phase project includes a major enlargement of the Lake Fort Smith Dam, a new spillway system, a new intake tower and outlet works, as well as raw water transmission mains and an upgrade of the city's water treatment plant.

Design and construction services for phase II of the integrated local water supply project for the City of Wichita, Kan.

Comprehensive upgrade to the utility master plan for Rapid City, S.D., a rapidly growing city in the Black Hills. Phase I included a comprehensive information technology (IT) needs assessment and implementation plan. Phase II is under way.

A 60-MGD plant was evaluated to identify plant modifications required to meet projected increases in water demand and to continue compliance with new and proposed drinking water regulations.

Relocation of a 90-inch water transmission main for the City of Chicago.

A booster pump station with two Weir 350-hp, 12-MGD, horizontal, split case constant speed pumps with two slots for two future 24-MGD, 700-hp pumps for the City of Wichita, Kan.

Master plan and design and construction observation of a 65-MGD river intake, 48-inch raw water pipeline, 32.5-MGD water treatment facility, and a 48-inch pipeline to a merchant power plant being developed by Panda Energy.

Design- and construction-related services for the installation of a new 24-inch water main crossing the Kansas River in Wyandotte County, Kansas.

Planning and conceptual design of a 42-inch finished water transmission main from a City of Olathe, Kan., water plant located within the City of Lenexa to Olathe’s water system.

Master plan to reduce groundwater use to reverse depletion and restore the Sparta Aquifer in Union County, Ark., including hydrogeologic modeling and development of alternative industrial supply.

Pump station and reservoir to be located within the vicinity of an existing water treatment plant to serve the western service level, which has experienced the majority of growth in system demands.

Design-build services for the new 15-MGD Westminster Northwest Water Treatment Facility. The process design utilizes enhanced conventional treatment with plate settlers followed by microfiltration membrane units.

Design of a single, enlarged dam and impoundment to replace the existing Lake Fort Smith and Lake Shepherd Springs reservoirs in Arkansas.

Project administrator for the Kansas Source Water Assessment Program, including implementation and completion of source water assessments for 807 public water suppliers as required to meet the Safe Drinking Water Act.

Multidisciplinary design and construction phase services for a new high service pump station and clearwell at the site of the existing 60 million gallon per day (MGD) Mark B. Whitaker water plant for the Knoxville Utilities Board.

Development of a water distribution system model from existing GIS data for the city of Wichita, Kan., to assist in meeting water demand through 2025, including development of a 20-year capital improvement plan (CIP).

Refined a two-state USGS groundwater model of the Sparta Aquifer to represent the information collected from wells and users in Union County, which covers over 1,000 square miles.

Development of a water system master plan to accommodate population growth in O'Fallon and Fairview Heights, Ill., including addition of water system data to the city's existing GIS.

Project manager for the Equus Beds Groundwater Recharge Demonstration Project, a large-scale aquifer storage and recovery project using water from many sources as a component of an integrated local water supply plan to meet demand through 2050.