Background and Goals
- Filtration plant located 5 miles from and 600 feet below highest point in the system.
- Main project goal was to improve transmission due to growing demands and reduce operating pressures of the distribution pumps.
Features
- Obtained over 525,000 square feet of easements including several with the semi-public Montour Trail Council.
- Installed 17,400 feet of 30-inch pipe capable of operations up to 350 psi with three (3) valve/air-release vaults, four (4) under-stream borings and six (6) wetland crossings.
Outcomes
- Observed distribution pumps operating 30 psi lower.
- Reduced volume of water losses and number of waterline breaks.
- Attained flexibility to complete repairs while maintaining operations and to increase future transmission capacity.
- Successfully disinfected; then dechlorinated and evacuated 640,000 gallons of heavily chlorinated water to meet strict water discharge requirements near a trout-stocked stream.
