Better water through design
Since our inception, Water Solutions Inc. has been working at the municipal and industrial level of designing water systems for clients. Our small firm allows us the agility to offer exceptional personal attention to projects. Tapping into the knowledge base and operations experience of our team means we are able to troubleshoot and design for ease of use, not just the lowest cost.
The following examples are samples of the contracts we fulfill:
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The City of Palo Alto was issued a compliance order by the State Drinking Water Program to have a cross connection control survey completed within 90 days. Water Solutions was asked to begin within 24 hours.
We worked closely with the city staff to communicate the issues with the community, educate the city building department and contractors. This aggressive outreach lead to greater than seventy percent compliance with no further follow up required, an enormous cost savings. The entire City of Palo Alto with a population of 60,000 including a vibrant high tech industry was inspected brought into backflow compliance by the 90 day compliance deadline.
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The City of Palo Alto needed a Distribution Level 5 certified operator (D5), so they called Water Solutions. We found a D5 operator and became the operator of record for the City and served as such for two years. Our contract included training in house staff to take and pass the state certification exam to be able to assume this job in house. This saved the City of Palo Alto from many hours of paperwork and the headaches of red-tape. Our experience with regulatory programs shows when it comes to operations.
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The City of Ceres came into a situation where they had need of a Distribution Supervisor. Water Solutions sent out Glenn Reynolds, and he supervised operations of the City distribution system for two years.
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The central California City of Ceres was in need of a source water assessment. Water Solutions performed the work and all thirty-seven wells were assessed.
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The City of Ceres, California had a well in dire need of servicing. Water Solutions put together a protocol and action plan, and within three months, the City had a fully operational, productive source again.
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Following the Source Water Assessment and Well Rehabilitation, the City of Ceres, California still needed an additional source.
Water Solutions hired a hydrogeologist to site a location for a new well, designed a new well per the California Well Standards, and supervised installation of a new source that is reliable until this day.
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The City of Burlingame was asked to review a 90% design of a new booster station. Water Solutions Inc has direct operational and design experience on pumps and pump stations from small to large. We determined that a lower level equipment deck posed an ergonomic and workplace hazard for routine service and calibration. After viewing our three dimensional architectural model, the engineers redesigned the facility.
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The small lakeside community of Stateline, Nevada is home to a number of major casinos and is provided water by the Edgewood Water Company. When their lake intake station began to have trouble, Water Solutions was called in to investigate. We identified the issues (incorrectly assembled pump). The pump was repaired by local, qualified technicians and was placed back into service. It has performed flawlessly ever since.
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Water Solutions Inc was contracted to investigate and report on the feasibility of pursuing a number of different varying water supply augmentation options for the City of Milpitas, California. Options including Wells, Desalination, Surface water, Recycling and Stormwater were analyzed. It was determined that Groundwater, Conservation and Recycling were the best options for this small City with no water of it’s own.
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Following a nine month feasibility study by Water Solutions, it was determined that pursuing the development of groundwater extraction wells was one of the top three solutions for the City of Milpitas, California, who produced no water of their own. Water Solutions was again brought on board to site, design and construct these wells. The City had two wells that were constructed but not yet equipped. Water Solutions specified proper equipment and managed the project to install the equipment.
A Water Solutions hydrogeologist did a research study of the eastern end of the Santa Clara Valley groundwater basin and determined the best area for new groundwater wells and designed the subsurface portion of the well. A search for City owned property in that area was undertaken and Water Solutions then designed a groundwater plant to outfit the well. Water Solutions supervised construction and now the City has three new productive water sources.
