City contracts for new customer management system
Feb. 18, 2002 -- SCT has signed a contract with the City of Kansas City, MO, for an SCT Banner® Customer Management System (CMS). The contract, which includes software and related services, totals approximately $3 million.
Kansas City Water Services Department chose SCT solutions to improve customer service and provide new products and services and advanced reporting for the municipal utility's 175,000 wastewater, storm water, and water customers.
Banner's CMS system offers the city enhanced billing services by enabling consumers to access account information online. This Web-based application also provides account details and other requested services, while helping the utility deliver efficient customer service and focus on the growing needs of its customers.
Colorado city to install new wastewater treatment system
Kaldnes North America has been chosen to supply the city of Broomfield, CO, with the company's Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) process to treat municipal wastewater. Under terms of the contract, Kaldnes will retrofit Broomfield's existing aerobic basins with the Kaldnes media, an aeration grid system and sieve assemblies. In addition, there will be new construction for phosphorus and nitrate removal.
The MBBR uses millions of tiny, polyethylene biofilm elements to provide a home for an active bacteria culture. These buoyant elements are kept in constant motion throughout the entire volume of the reactor, resulting in uniform treatment.
Kaldnes process can be used to upgrade an existing BOD plant into a total nitrification system or increase the treatment capacity of an existing nitrification plant to meet new higher projected flows and strict regulations.
Town contracts for new UV system
Severn Trent Services has installed two of its UltraDynamics(tm) ultraviolet disinfection systems at the Town of Sterling, MA The 1.5 mgd treatment plant serves a population of 7,500.
The new systems, part of a complete plant upgrade system designed by Fay, Spofford & Thorndike Inc. of Burlington, MA, replace chlorination as the primary disinfectant.
Consultant wins contract for flood control study
Vollmer Associates has been selected by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection to perform a study and develop alternatives and recommendations to control/mitigate flooding in the Rooster River Watershed at its junction with I-95/Long Island Sound in the Town of Fairfield and City of Bridgeport.
The area has a long history of flooding and has been the subject of several previous studies outlining improvements. The recommendations of earlier studies were generally opposed by the public because they would have resulted in significant disruption to the area, and the project went no further.
The Town of Fairfield recently resurrected the project, requesting a final study be undertaken that would result in recommendations having less severe impact on the area and meet with public approval. There is approximately $3 million in state funding available to the town for flood control and mitigation in the area.
Program management contract awarded by DC authority
Michael Baker Jr. Inc. of Alexandria, VA, and Killiam Associates of Millburn, NJ, have been awarded a $9 million, five year contract by the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DCWASA) to provide Engineering Program Management Services for the water distribution system.
DCWASA provides domestic and fire protection service to the District of Columbia serving a population in excess of 500,000 people. DCWASA is responsible for the retail distribution of water with average daily demands of approximately 135 mgd. The water system is comprised of approximately 1,300 miles of mains in seven pressure zones. Storage for system equalization and firefighting is provided in nine storage reservoirs and tanks. DCWASA also maintains and operates four pump stations and approximately 36,000 valves and 8,700 hydrants.
The Joint Venture Team will be providing overall Program Management of the water distribution system including planning, engineering design and engineering design management services, Master Plan and Operations review and update in support of DCWASA's on-going capital improvement program.
Nashville tank honored
Caldwell Tanks has recently been awarded the "2001 Concrete Structure of the Year" award by the Tennessee Ready Mix Concrete Association for a composite elevated water tank in Nashville, TN. This marks the first time this award has been given for an elevated tank.
Constructed using Caldwell's proprietary STAC-4(tm) jump form system, the 206 foot, 500,000 gallon capacity composite elevated water tank maintained exacting tolerances while providing a visually attractive appearance. Composite elevated tanks are designed using reinforced concrete for the support pedestal holding the welded steel tank. Aside from their aesthetic appeal, composite elevated tanks offer increased durability, as well as reduced construction and maintenance costs as compared to all-steel structures.
The foundation and shaft required a total of 1103.5 cubic yards of concrete and was completed on schedule and within budget. Caldwell was nominated for the award by Irving Materials Inc. (IMI), which supplied the concrete for the project. The tank is owned by Harpeth Valley Utilities District and project engineering was provided by Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon.
Calgon Carbon awarded contract for disinfection system
Calgon Carbon Corp. has received an $800,000 contract from EPCOR to supply a Sentinel® UV Disinfection System for the E.L. Smith drinking water treatment plant in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
The plant will use the company's patented UV light technology to inactivate cryptosporidium and other pathogens that could pose a health threat to the citizens of Edmonton. The Sentinel system will treat up to 95 mgd.
Seattle contracts for large UV drinking water installation
Trojan Technologies has been selected to provide a UV disinfection system for the City of Seattle's Cedar Treatment Facility. The project, valued at approximately C$3 million, includes a total of 13 Trojan UVSwift(tm) units designed to treat up to 180 million gallons per day of drinking water.
The contract will be awarded by CH2M Hill Constructors Inc., which was awarded a contract by Seattle Public Utilities ("SPU") in April 2001 for the design, permitting, construction, and long-term facility operation for the City of Seattle's Cedar Treatment Facility DBO Project. The facility will treat approximately two-thirds of the city's current water supply, serving a population of 1.3 million people.
The design-build-operate ("DBO") contract for the Cedar Treatment Facility represents the first large municipal drinking water plant in the United States to use ultraviolet light in conjunction with ozone for disinfection purposes and will be the largest UV disinfection system in the world treating municipal drinking water.
The UV system will be installed in conjunction with other planned improvements that comprise Seattle Public Utilities' Cedar Treatment Facility DBO Project on their Cedar River water supply. The objective of the overall project is to build upon SPU's existing multiple barrier approach to providing reliable public health protection and enhance the water quality relative to taste and odor.
The system is scheduled to become operational in 2004; installation work of the UV equipment will start in mid-2003.
