Sodemann and Associates, Inc

Fowler Avenue Pump Station and Water Main,
Consumers Illinois Water Company, Danville

Consumers Illinois Water Company wanted to achieve three goals in the Eastgate pressure zone in the City of Danville: (1) expand the Eastgate pressure zone to the west; (2) fully utilize the storage capabilities of the stand pipe while maintaining good water quality; (3) maintain a level system-wide chlorine residual. S&A began by performing a comprehensive distribution system analysis. Following the analysis, the standpipe was converted to a reservoir by providing a pump station adjacent to the structure. S&A designed a series of pumps to handle the different pumping forces required at various water levels in the standpipe. A very specialized pumping system was designed for the standpipe in order to handle the different pumping conditions. A new prefab pump station was built and over 4,000 feet of 20-inch and 1,300 feet of 12-inch ductile iron water mains were used to connect the new pump station to the existing pressure zone.

In order to eventually provide the ability for maintaining a system-wide level chlorine residual, S&A added a separate chlorine room to the facility. This chlorine room will allow the company to add small amounts of chlorine to elevate the residual to the desired level throughout the system. To complete the project, S&A was responsible for construction inspection of the water mains and the installation of the pump station. Consumers Illinois Water customers now enjoy an additional three million gallons of water storage, increased water pressure, and improved water quality as a result of these improvements.

South Farms, University of Illinois

S&A completed the design of a sanitary pump station to serve the swine research center. The U of I obtained UCSD approval before putting the job out for bids. The project consists of installing a 25 gallon per minute pump station that will run only at night and will maintain the level of the current treatment basins located at the research center.

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