Washington, DC   |  Bernallilo, NM - Wells 1 and 2 / Fire Station Construction

Clovis, NM   |  Tolleson, AZ  |  Arizona American Water Company: Agua Fria Water District

Rio Rancho, NM   |  West Basin Municipal Utilities   |  Santa Fe, NM

Washington, DC. As 2008 drew to a close, NCS was awarded a four-year contract with the US Army Corps of Engineers for “on-call” engineering services for two large surface water treatment plants.

Bernalillo, NM. Wells 1 and 2. NCS was retained by the Town to conduct an evaluation of the condition of each well casing for Wells 1 and 2, the estimated cost of rehabilitation, and the quality of the water that would be supplied upon well reactivation. Based on this project, the Town has obtained funding to design and construct new arsenic facilities to ensure that well water meets Federal requirements.

Bernalillo Fire Station Construction. NCS was retained by the Town to prepare plans and specifications for the purchase and installation of a prefabricated building to be used as a four-bay fire station. Other tasks include electrical and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) design, civil site design; project specifications preparation; obtaining permitting and regulatory approvals; and post-design assistance.

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Clovis, NM. NCS assisted New Mexico American Water Company (NMAWC) in replacing an outdated facility with a new, modern pump station named North Forty Booster Pump Station. The replacement station allowed abandonment of the existing station, eliminating the need for overhauling the facility as well as bringing the site up to recent code standards.

Tolleson, AZ. Disinfection By-Products Reduction (DBP). NCS has been assisting Tolleson with water quality and treatment modeling activities over the past two years to comply with DBP standards. Currently, NCS is researching and pilot testing aeration technologies for trihalomethane (THM) control for Tolleson and other Valley cities in a joint collaboration.

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Agua Fria, AZ. NCS is assisting Arizona American Water Company in developing a strategy for incorporating a new surface water treatment plant into the service area of Agua Fria Water District (AFWD). NCS developed a new network that combined the two existing infrastructures into a single model. A detailed steady state and extended period calibration was carried out on the system. This was further used with advanced techniques, such as genetic algorithm, to develop an optimized cost efficient operational strategy that maximized usage of the White Tanks Water Treatment Plant without risking water quality violations at any location. This was achieved by using hydraulic modeling, water treatment plant modeling, NCS' genetic algorithm technology for advanced trial and errors, as well as water quality modeling.

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Rio Rancho, NM. Well 23 Equipping and Treatment. Due to an increase in population, the City of Rio Rancho continues to develop new water resources. A new well, Well 23, is being installed by the City. Based on its water quality, treatment would be required for total dissolved solids, arsenic, iron and potentially for radionuclides. The treatment train would be refined based on a preliminary engineering report (PER), which is underway. Design and construction of treatment and other related facilities (pumping station, storage tank, transmission main, etc.) for a 2,400 gpm facility would begin after completion of the PER.

CA. West Basin Municipal Utilities Water-Quality Study.West Basin Municipal Utilities, in California, supplies reclaimed wastewater to several industrial and commercial clients for their not-potable water consumption. Due to water quality of distributed reclaimed water, the customers have experienced several aesthetic and operational issues. NCS assisted in a study to evaluate different treatment options and associated costs to comply with customer’s water quality needs.

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