Potable water DESIGN Services
WATER PIPELINE DESIGN:
- WELDED STEEL PIPE (WSP): WELDED STEEL PIPE (WSP), STANDARD DIAMETER AWWA-CERTIFIED C200 IS USED THROUGHOUT THE WATER CONVEYANCE, OIL AND GAS TRANSPORT INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURAL AND UTILITY COMMUNITY. EXAMPLES OF STEEL PIPE APPLICATIONS INCUDE: POTABLE WATER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION, PLUMBING IN LARGER INDUSTIAL AND MANUFACTURAL FACILITIES, COMMERCIAL GREENHOUSES AND LARGER SCALE FIELD IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
WELDED STEEL PIPE (WSP) IS INITIALLY ROLLED INTO FLAT SHEETS, PLATES OR STRIPS AND THEN THEIR EDGES JOING TOGETHER BY DIFFERENT TYPES OF WELDING METHODS, DEPENDING UPON THE STEEL PLATE THICKNESS. WSP WELING METHODS USED INCLUDE ELECTRIC RESISTSNCE WELDING (ERW), LONGTUDINAL SUBMERGED ARC WELDING (LSAW) AND SPIRAL SUBMERGED ARC WELDING (SSAW). WSP JOINT ENDSS ARE TYPICALLY CONNECTED IN THE FIELD USING CARNEGIE JOINT, ROOLED GROOVE JOINT, LAP-WELDED JOINT, BUTT-WELDED, BUTT-STRAP, FLANGE JOINT, MECHANICAL COUPLING JOINTS
- REINFORCED CONCRETE CYLINDER PIPE(RCCP):
REINFORCED CONCRETE CYLINDER PIPE INCORPORATES SPECIFIC JOINT TYPES FOR DIFFERENT INTERNAL WATER PRESSURE APPLICATIONS. THESE INCLUDE LOW PRESSURE VERY HIGH PRESSURES, INCLUDING LOW PRESSURE CULVERTS AND STORM SEWERS, LOW-PRESSURE IRRIGATION AND SANITARY SEWERS, AND HIGH- PRESSURE POTABLE WATER TRANSMISSION PIPELINES:
RCCP PIPE JOINT ARE CONNECTED WITH THE TYPE OF JOINT REQUIRED FOR THE PRESSURE APPLICATION. THE JOINT TYPES NCLUDE RUBBER GASKET JOINTS (O-RING OF PROFILE GASKETS), TONGUE AND GROOVE JOINTS, BELL ANDSPIGOT JOINTS, BAR-WRAPPED AND CYLINDER PIPE JOINTS.
- HORIZONTAL DIRECTION DRIILLING (HDD):
THIS TRENCHLESS METHOD OF INSTALLING WATER, SEWER AND STORM DRAIN PIPELINES WAS FIRST USED IN THE OIL DRILLING INDUSTRY WHEN DRILLERS ON SINGLE LOCAITON, TRADITIONALLY VERTICAL-DRILLING OPERATIONS, LEARNED THEY COULD SUCCESSFULLY DRILL FOR MORE PORTIONS OF THE LEASED OIL FIELD BY BOTH ANGELING THE DRILL TO THE 7 O'CLOCK POSITION (DRILL NORMALLY STRAIGHT DOWN IN 6 O'CLOCK POSITION) AS WELL AS THE 8 O'CLOCK POSITION. IN ADDITION TO THIS, THEY ROTATED THEDRILL RIG HORIZONTALLY, SO THAT, IN THIS SIMPLE EXAMPLE, THEY COULD DRILL MORE 7 AND 8 O'CLOCK DRILLS WITH EVERY 10 DEGREES OF HORIZONTAL ROTATION. THAT APPROACH WITH A 10,000 FOOT DRILL ALLOWS 36 ROTATIONS, WITH 2 DRILLS PER SETTING = 72 ADDITIONAL DRILLS FROM THE ONE INITIAL OIL RIG PLATFORM LOCATION AND ONE VERTICAL DRILL.
THIS HDD APPROACH IS VERY EASY AND STRAIGHT FORWARD IN THE UTILITY BUSINESS, AND CAN AVOID OR GRAETLY MINIMIZE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS VERSUS USING A TRADITIONAL CUT-AND-COVER TRENCH PREECT. HDD FOR BURIED UTILITIES FIRST DRILLS A PILOT HOLE ALONG THE ENGINEERED PATH, A PATH DEEP ENOUGH TO KEEP TO KEEP THE PRESSURIZED DRILLING FLUID FROM BREAKING THROUGH TO THE SURFACE, WHILE AVOID GOING TOO DEEP AND ENCOUNTERING VERY DIFFICULT DRILLING CONDITIONS DUE TO BEDROCK.
- DUCTILE IRON PIPE (DIP),
- POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC)
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC), STANDARD DIAMETER AWWA-CERTIFIED C900 DR 25 to DR 14 PER ANSI/ASTM D1784, FOR MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRIBUTION, FIRE PROTECTIN AND FORCE MAINS
POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC), LARGE DIAMETER AWWA-CERTIFIED C905 DR 25 to DR 18 PER ANSI/ASTM D1784 FOR MUNICIPAL WATER TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND FORCE MAINS
WATER PUMP STATION DESIGN: VERTICAL TURBINE (CAN AND LINESHAFT), HORIZONTAL CENTRIFUGAL SUBMERSIBLE(DEEP WELL), END SUCTION, IN-LINE BOOSTER, AXIAL FLOW, DIAPHRAM PUMPS
WASTEWATER LIFT STATIONS: SUBMERSIBLE, NON-CLOG CENTRIFUGAL, POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT, EFFLUENT, GRINDER WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS: GRAVITY PIPELINES, PRESSURE FORCEMAINS, HORIZONTALDIRECTIONAL DRILLING(HDD), SANITARY, STORM, COMBINED (CSS), ON-SITE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL, SEPTIC TANKS, AIR VENT ASSEMBLIES, HDD
WATER SYSTEM MODELING: STEADY-STATE ANALYSES OR MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS, 24 TO 48 HOUR EXTENDED-PERIOD, SIMULATION, FIRE FLOW DEMAND MODELING, HYDRAULIC TRANSIENT (WATER HAMMER), SIMULATIONS, PRESSURE VESSEL/HYDRO-PNEUMATIC PRESSURE ANALYSES
WATER SUPPLY MASTER PLANS: WATER RESOURCES STUDIES, WATER RIGHTS ANALYSES AND EVALUATIONS, WATER RIGHTSTRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES, REGIONAL EMERGENCY WATER DELIVERY SYSTEMS
WATER PUMP STATION DESIGN: VERTICAL TURBINE (CAN AND LINESHAFT), HORIZONTAL CENTRIFUGAL SUBMERSIBLE(DEEP WELL), END SUCTION, IN-LINE BOOSTER, AXIAL FLOW, DIAPHRAM PUMPS
WASTEWATER LIFT STATIONS: SUBMERSIBLE, NON-CLOG CENTRIFUGAL, POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT, EFFLUENT, GRINDER WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS: GRAVITY PIPELINES, PRESSURE FORCEMAINS, HORIZONTALDIRECTIONAL DRILLING(HDD), SANITARY, STORM, COMBINED (CSS), ON-SITE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL, SEPTIC TANKS, AIR VENT ASSEMBLIES, HDD
WATER SYSTEM MODELING: STEADY-STATE ANALYSES OR MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS, 24 TO 48 HOUR EXTENDED-PERIOD, SIMULATION, FIRE FLOW DEMAND MODELING, HYDRAULIC TRANSIENT (WATER HAMMER), SIMULATIONS, PRESSURE VESSEL/HYDRO-PNEUMATIC PRESSURE ANALYSES
WATER SUPPLY MASTER PLANS: WATER RESOURCES STUDIES, WATER RIGHTS ANALYSES AND EVALUATIONS, WATER RIGHTSTRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES, REGIONAL EMERGENCY WATER DELIVERY SYSTEMS