Our team is providing detailed design services for a replacement water treatment plant in Las Vegas, New Mexico, to improve drinking water treatment, operational reliability and long-term system resilience.
The new plant will support reliable service for about 12,000 residents, applying FEMA claims funding and collaborative work with the city, the New Mexico Environment Department and program manager Plexos Group to strengthen critical drinking water infrastructure. It will replace an aging plant with a modern system designed to address variable source water conditions and accommodate long-term community needs.
Our team evaluated updated source water quality data, treatment objectives and regulatory requirements to establish the preferred treatment strategy in collaboration with the city, NMED and the program management team. We then completed conceptual design and the Basis of Design Report and advanced the project through detailed design, including cost estimates at major design milestones.
The treatment approach is designed to manage turbidity, total organic carbon, iron, manganese, taste-and-odor compounds, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and to reduce the potential for disinfection byproduct formation. The selected treatment train includes rapid mix, horizontal flocculation, inclined plate settlers, granular media filtration, granular activated carbon adsorption, clearwell storage and disinfection, and high-service pumping.