Municipal Water

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Municipal Water

• Water treatment facilities 
• Water distribution systems
• Pumping and storage facilities
• Utility planning, O&M, and asset management assistance

   

CRA has broad municipal water engineering expertise, including water treatment facilities; water distribution systems; pumping and storage facilities; and utility planning, O&M, and asset management assistance.  Typically, this work is carried out through a variety of project approaches that are designed to fit specific circumstances, such as:

• Service area and facilities planning studies
• Environmental assessments and impact studies
• District formation proceedings
• Process audits, process evaluation studies, and pilot treatment studies
• Preliminary designs
• Detailed designs
• Construction document development
• Services during construction, including construction contract administration (CCA) and resident engineering
• Facility startup and commissioning, and operator training
• Alternative project delivery methods, including design-build, design-build-operate, and performance contracting

 

Water Treatment Facilities

• Surface water and groundwater source evaluations
• Hydrogeologic studies and evaluations, including test-well and full-scale aquifer yield testing
• Source water treatability assessments
• Process audits and condition assessments
• Environmental assessments and approvals
• Physical and chemical process designs
• Residuals management
• Advanced treatment system designs, including enhanced sedimentation and flocculation
• Disinfection systems designs, including ultraviolet, ozonation, chlorination/dechlorination

 

Water Distribution Systems

• Service area planning and district formation
• Static and dynamic computerized hydraulic network modeling
• Environmental assessments and approvals
• Route surveys and base mapping
• Detailed project design and specification development
• Regulatory permitting assistance
• Pipeline rehabilitation assessments and designs
• Corrosion control studies and remedial action plans

 

Pumping and Storage Facilities

• Pumping and storage facility design optimization studies
• Dynamic, real-time computerized hydraulic transmission system modeling
• Pre-stressed concrete, steel, and glass-lined steel ground level storage tank design
• Elevated storage steel and composite steel/concrete tank designs
• Low, medium, and high service pumping station construction and rehabilitation design
• Tank structural evaluations and probable-useful-life assessments
• Coatings condition assessments and rehabilitation plans and specification development

 

Utility Planning, Operation and Maintenance, and Asset Management Assistance

• District establishment, formation, and extension studies
• User-fee rate structure analysis and design
• Rate model development
• Competitive assessments and benchmarking evaluations
• Pipeline and facility infrastructure condition assessments and present worth valuations
• Permitting and regulatory impact assessments
• Operator training
• Asset management plan studies
• Capital investment/replacement program development
• Emergency Response and Integrated Contingency Plan development