03-G-4 Accept W/S Rate Study - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Proposal Comprehensive Water Distribution System Audit Section 3 Relevant Project Experience The Carter & Burgess staff have b~en responsible for the and qualih/issue~ resulting from mixing well water and planning, design, and management of a wide varieh/of surface water. A glS system was linked to the hydraulic projects. These projects have been performed across not modeling so,are Cybernet, i'o assist visualizing paltems only Texas, but around the nation. Representative projects and trends in water use and comparethe outcome ofseveraJ are provided below, design scenarios. Our OIS staff developed digitized data of Water lines and complete alCributing for all features. Weatherford Water Purification Plant The project was performed in iwo parts. Part One involved Treated Water Flow generalized computer modeling of the Hu~st Water Metering Evaluation Distribution System in order to analyze the system's Weatherford, Texas operational effidency and determine the most coskeffective The Cih/ofWeathenCord water departmentemployees noticed system enhancements. This phase included data collection the City had an unacceptably high percentage of unaccounted from water system maps, topographic maps, land use maps, foe treated water. The Cily hired Carter & Burgess, Inc. to previous water distribution system master plans, water-use investigate the possible causes for this unaccounted for water, studies, population figures and as-built construction plans. The Ci~/had more than 15 percent of its water supply Next, water usages were analyzed; andamodelwascreated unaccounted for. Norma} loss is around 10 percent, while a for evaluating the system. A future system model was 5 percent loss is considered good. The city's water plant developed to reflect projected system changes in produces 8 million gallons of water per day. Carter & configuration, operationsandwaterdemand. Ourengineers Burgess engineers decided the water may noi' be leaving the then salaried various operational scenarios for analysis by computer modeling and then prepared a report which system, but that ii' was not accounted for in the process. Engineers calibrated the water meters and looked at the outlined the results of the anal~is. Designated PublicWorks accounting system, staff were trained on the details of the water system modeling on an ongoing basis throughout the development of i'he Hurst Water study. [raining for basic manipulation of the data in the Distribution System system was also provided. Master Plan PartTwo ofthe project required Cartef& Burgess i'o address Hurst, Texas the City's ability to meet current and p~oposed state and Carter & Burgess, Inc. prepared a Water Distribution System federal water qualih/regulations, and conduct a park Maste~PlanfortheCih/ofHurstwhichincludedcomputerized irrigation study. RegulatoryissuesevaluatedincludedLead ~ modeling of the Cih/'s water system, a written repo~'t, and Copper Rule, Sun~aceWaterTreatmentRuJe, Information I software acquisition and training fo~ Hurst Public Works Collection Rule, Dicnfection and Disinfection By-product ~. staff. The prated was performed to evaluate existing systems Rule, and Enhanced Surface Water Treatment Rule. For the and plan for future expansion and growth of the distribution park irrigation study, alternative sources of irrigation were system. TheCityofHurstismorethan9Opercentbuilt-out investigated for three City of Hurst parks. Engineers I and does not anticipate expansion of its current boundaries, investigated treated wastewater effluent and local water "l The project focused on operational issues such as energy well supplies as potential sources of irrigation, reviewed the efficiency, redudion of peaking charges fo~ purchased water potential availabilih/of such sources, and prepared a report 31 Carter Burgess 6