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PIPELINE DESIGN / TRANSMISSIONLas Posas Unit II Water Transmission Pipeline – Calleguas MWD (66-inch CCP, ASR system)San Vicente Water Transmission Pipeline – San Diego County Water Authority (102-inch steel system)SR76 / Interstate 15 Water Transmission Pipeline – Rainbow MWD (high-pressure regional transmission)Groundwater Replenishment Pipeline (14-mile, $60M system) – Orange County water agenciesMiramar Road Reclaimed Water Pipeline – City of San Diego (48” + 36” steel transmission mains)Olivenhain Water Transmission Pipelines – SDCWA / Olivenhain MWD (parallel high-pressure steel pipelines) WASTEWATER / SEWER / FORCE MAINS San Luis Rey River HDD Sewer Force Main – Rainbow MWD (emergency river crossing)San Luis Rey River 18-inch HDD Sewer Force Main – Bonsall, CA (river crossing HDD design)Coronado San Diego Bay Sewer Force Main HDD – City of Coronado (submarine crossing)Calavo Sewer Lift Station – Otay Water District (dual wet well system + SCADA)Cintas Sewer Capacity Study – Rancho Dominguez (industrial-scale hydraulic modeling)Mammoth Equities Sewer Capacity Study – Corona, CA (land use capacity verification) PUMP STATIONS / LIFT STATIONSOtay Water District Pump Station 1485-1 – 4 vertical turbine pumps + generator systemCoachella Avenue 48 Pump Station – 900 HP / 5 MGal reservoir systemVallecitos Pump Station Replacement – Rainbow MWD (full system redesign)Jamul Estates Booster Pump Station – hydraulic surge / transient mitigationOtay Water District Pump Station 803-1 – VFD feasibility + pump optimization studyRancho Jamul Estates Pump Station – system hydraulics evaluation RESERVOIRS / STORAGE SYSTEMSCoachella 3 MGal Steel Reservoir – liquefaction-zone seismic designPark City Neck Area Reservoir – 500,000-gallon post-tensioned concreteSilver Lake Reservoir – 250,000-gallon buried concrete (Deer Valley)Deer Valley Resort Silver Lake System Integration – storage + snowmaking supportOlivenhain / SDCWA system reservoir integration (pipeline-connected storage)Tolt River WTP system storage interfaces – major pipeline-reservoir coordination HYDRAULIC MODELING / SURGE ANALYSISOtay Pump Station 1485-1 – transient surge analysis + station design optimizationVallecitos Pump Station – full hydraulic transient modelingOtay Pump Station 803-1 – VFD feasibility + hydraulic system modelingCoronado / San Diego Bay Force Main – transient sewer hydraulicsJamul Estates Booster Station – surge tank sizing and pressure control analysisCintas Sewer Capacity Study – hydraulic capacity verification for industrial flows HDD / TRENCHLESS & SENSITIVE CROSSINGSSan Luis Rey River HDD Sewer Force Main – Rainbow MWD (emergency river crossing)SR76 / Horse Creek HDD Utility Crossings – water + sewer dual crossingsUCSD Scripps Seawater Return System – coastal/environmentally sensitive HDDSan Juan Creek Road Utility Corridors – multi-utility constrained corridor HDD designSR76 Highway Overcrossing Utility Installations – Caltrans coordination + casing designRainbow MWD Line Q3 Slipline Rehabilitation – casing rehabilitation + pipeline restoration SPECIAL / MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURETolt River Water Treatment Plant Pipeline Systems – Seattle Public Utilities (large-scale DBO support)Towaoc Canal Energy Dissipation Structure – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (high-energy hydraulics)Deer Valley Snowmaking System – high-pressure alpine distribution networkUCSD Scripps Institution Seawater System – research-grade ocean water infrastructureOlivenhain / SDCWA Aqueduct Connections – regional intertie systemsOrange County Groundwater Replenishment Pipeline – potable reuse conveyance system

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