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Water Treatment for Midwest Municipalities
Treated water is an essential need for communities across the Midwest and the country at large. We support this need by designing and engineering cutting edge water treatment systems. Our capabilities include water flow, storage, treatment processes, and distribution.
Scoping, Studies & Master Planning
Before any groundwork begins on your water resources project, a plan must be formulated. Our Scoping, Studies & Master Planning services do just that.
Scoping is the first step, where we’ll conduct a discovery session with you to outline services and deliverables. Studies pertains to the “how” of the work, and entails assessments and audits of your existing water treatment facility project to determine if it’s feasible (and worthwhile) from a legal, safety and budgetary standpoint. Master Planning is the final piece, the planning and design of your water resources project. We’ll work as a team to parse through all factors of consideration for your project, including: supply & demand, climate resiliency, distribution, data collection, population growth trends, treatment needs, and infrastructure upgrades, all tied up in a nice (budgeted) bow. Speaking of budget, we specialize in assistance with finding funding for water resources projects.
Asset Management
Life is full of hard truths, and one of those is that your water treatment plant’s assets have an expiration date. Much like a game of Mouse Trap, only one asset failure is needed to take down your entire system, compromising service and compliance. Not to mention the potential for safety and environmental issues that could arise from mismanaged equipment.
The good news? There’s a way to systematically mitigate these challenges – we call it Asset Management. Working in tandem with your team, we’ll run a complete audit of your water treatment plant’s current setup, and inventory all of your current assets (tanks, pumps, controls, basins, blowers, etc.). Our goal is to map out asset lifecycles, identifying disposal and replacement windows so “shelf life” can be maximized and ratepayer impacts minimized.
Hydraulic Modeling
Know before you flow with Hydraulic Modeling. Don’t worry, we’re done with the lyrics, but we can’t stress enough the importance of these real world-simulations. Water infrastructure upgrades often come with a heavy price tag – decisions to modify your system should be made with prudence and care. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what your investment will yield before you build? Hydraulic Modeling does just that. It’s the tech-savvy practice of showing how water will move through proposed system upgrades, ensuring projects are both safe and effective.
Hydraulic Modeling provides a way to see how large demands (such as industrial usage, data centers, large subdivisions, etc.) will affect your distribution system. We can also facilitate field testing to calibrate models for the most accurate forecasting. Hydraulic Modeling is a highly-recommended engineering method that can guide decision-making around your water treatment facility’s needs.
Treatment Modeling
What do math and water have in common? As it turns out, quite a bit. Treatment Design is where science and math unite to streamline and optimize water treatment methods and chemistry that can increase efficiency. These treatment method simulations help us find potential gaps and inconsistencies before implementation, so issues can be proactively addressed. Treatment Design can yield significant cost savings for municipalities; models also ensure regulatory compliance, and maximize treatment chemical usage to reduce operational costs.
Pump stations are the heart of every water treatment facility, and just like any other circulation system, require consistent monitoring and maintenance in order to produce safe and effective output. Different pumps satisfy different needs within your facility’s ecosystem – Booster Pump Stations are responsible for ensuring adequate water pressure to distribute water at safe levels, while Transfer Pump Stations transport water from reservoirs to distribution.
Our team of engineers can determine correct pumps with suction and discharge pressures, as well as head (friction plus static). We can also design and coordinate construction of Pump Stations that are suited for your treatment facility’s unique needs.
Pump Stations
Distribution Mains
If Pump Stations are the heart of water treatment facilities, Water Mains would be the arteries within the network of piping. Treated water serves no one if it can’t be funneled from the treatment facility through its service area. And just like our own arteries, keeping your Distribution Mains healthy and maintained is crucial to providing excellent water service.
Many water piping systems throughout the Midwest have or are approaching maximum lifespan; the time to address is now, before problems arise. We work with Midwest municipalities to identify weak points in water infrastructure systems and conduct Hydraulic Models that give us pressures and flows of distribution main networks. From there, we engineer and design improvements and upgrades to said systems, which can give your Distribution Main a much needed boost.
Transmission Mains
Transmission Mains are the open highway of underground water piping and distribution networks, funneling large amounts of treated water to their final destinations. We work with water treatment plant facility operators to design Transmission Mains, as well as assess whether existing Transmission Mains need upgrades.
Tanks (Ground & Elevated)
While tanks within the water resources realm might seem pretty straightforward, what if we told you there’s more to them than meets the eye? Tanks, both Ground and Elevated, act as the middle management of water treatment, balancing water supply needs with providing fire flow demand, while ensuring proper hydrostatic pressure for distribution pathways.
We work with municipalities to audit existing tanks to identify weak points or if rehabilitation/replacements are needed, as well as determine the best tank needs for your water treatment system.
Your treatment plant’s network of piping matters more than you might think. Poor design can lead to service disruptions, low pressure, leaks and other hazardous issues. That’s where our Process Piping service comes in – we expertly engineer Process Piping, taking factors such as pipe size as it relates to velocity, pressure ratings, head losses, thermal expansion, and durability, into account with every design.
Process Piping
Permitting & Regulatory Compliance
Dealing with administrative and legal permitting paperwork can be a source of stress for municipality operators who are likely already stretched thin on time and resources. Think of us as your Permitting & Regulatory Compliance assistants – we work with operators to fill out and file the forms and documents needed to obtain official permits for water treatment/distribution systems. We are well-versed in federal, state and local laws pertaining to water resources and environmental regulations; we’ll work with you to ensure your facility is adhering to necessary policies and procedures.
Construction Administration & Inspection
It's one thing to partner with an engineering firm that can map out designs for your wastewater project. It's another to partner with someone who can also oversee the execution of said designs, acting as an Owner Representative to work in the owner's best interest, and help ensure plans come to fruition with technical and engineering accuracy.
From contract award through closeout our Construction Administration services we act as the technical representative on behalf of municipal ownership. We’ll answer questions (RFIs), evaluate product submittals, conduct site visits for quality control and design intent adherence, and also handle contract paperwork.
Our Construction Inspection service provides daily on-site support from a CDS Engineers technical representative to track contractor progress and report back to both the project owner and engineer.
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