Walnut Creek, Calif. (April 17, 2008) – Black & Veatch, a leading global
engineering, consulting and construction company, announced today that the Paso
Robles Water Treatment Plant Project is entering the final design phase. Design
of the major capital project will continue through this summer with
construction bidding scheduled for November 2008.
El Paso de Robles, or "Pass of the Oaks,” is a community of 29,500
situated midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Population growth has
placed high demands on the city’s existing water supply, which comes from
groundwater production. As a result, the city became a project stakeholder in
the Nacimiento Water Project (NWP), which is currently under construction by
the San Luis Obispo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District.
The NWP, also designed by Black & Veatch, is a regional water supply
system that will convey raw water from Lake Nacimiento to communities in San
Luis Obispo County, including El Paso de Robles. The city will construct a
water treatment plant (WTP) to treat surface water received from Lake
Nacimiento. The WTP will provide additional treated water to the city’s
distribution system west and east zones.
The WTP will feature membrane filtration and pretreatment with ozonation and
dissolved air flotation for advanced treatment of the new water supply.
Ozonation will provide taste and odor control as well as primary disinfection.
During the next few months, the city will pre-select the type of membrane
filtration equipment to be purchased.
“Black & Veatch is a leader in the application of membrane filtration
technology in California, and sustainable design of membrane applications is
always an important consideration,” said Dan McCarthy, President and CEO of
Black & Veatch’s global water business. “The project team has worked
closely with the California Department of Public Health to identify
multibarrier treatment technology that will produce high-quality drinking water
from a recreational-use reservoir for protection of public health.”
In 2007, Black & Veatch was selected to perform preliminary and final
design of the WTP project, which is scheduled to begin operation by 2010. The
facility is being designed for an initial capacity of 6 million gallons per day
(mgd), expandable to 12 mgd.
To solicit input from contractors and help ready the city's bid documents
for advertisement, the city and Black & Veatch will conduct a Contractor
Outreach Program. The program will include a series of workshops for
contractors, subcontractors and suppliers interested in bidding for the
construction of the project. The workshops will be conducted in Paso Robles for
local participants and simultaneously broadcast live on the Internet for
out-of-area participants.
“We will be working closely with the contracting community as the design of the
project moves forward, to generate bidder interest and learn about contractor
concerns that might affect the bid outcome,” said Doug Monn, El Paso de Robles
Public Works Director. “We intend to make this a win-win outcome for the city
and the contractors.”
About Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is a leading global engineering, consulting and
construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy,
water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental
markets. Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch develops tailored infrastructure
solutions that meet clients’ needs and provide sustainable benefits. Solutions
are provided from the broad line of service expertise available within Black
& Veatch, including conceptual and preliminary engineering services,
engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset
management, program management, construction management, environmental,
security design and consulting, management consulting and infrastructure
planning. With $3.2 billion in revenue, the employee-owned company has more
than 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100
countries on six continents.
Black & Veatch’s global water business provides innovative,
technology-based solutions to utilities, governments and industries worldwide.
Local project teams work with multinational water and wastewater treatment
process experts to address site-specific challenges through a broad range of
consulting, study, planning, design, design-build and construction management
services. The company’s Web site address is www.bv.com.
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