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 able to begin within 24 hours.
Water Solutions worked closely with the city staff to communicate the issues with the community, educate the city building department and contractors. This aggressive outreach led 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 and brought into backflow compliance by the 90 day compliance deadline.

Cross Connection Survey, City of Palo Alto

For more than thirty years Water Solutions Inc. has provided site evaluations, troubleshooting and guidance to clients all over the world. As a pilot, owner and founder Glenn Reynolds quick and easy access job sites in the western U.S and beyond. In an emergency, our team can be onsite in a matter of hours. Examples of emergency on site assistance include:
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<li>Water systems experiencing failed infrastructure (collapsed well with no water).</li>
<li>Contamination response.</li>
<li>Unexpected loss of the only water operator.</li>
<li>Assisting a major California city under an order to provide a city wide cross connection survey in less than ninety days.</li>
<li>Procurement of four new wells for a western town that ran out of water. Our team was able to get the wells online in less than ten months.</li>
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Emergency On Site Assistance

A 95 year old estate with 24 failed springs, several miles of rotted steel pipe, left the property with almost no water and nothing safe about what they did have. A replacement plan restored the three pools, three fountains and ten bedroom house with both sufficient water for fire protection and potable water throughout.

Estate Spring and Infrastructure Restoration

A small community-run water system located in the Santa Cruz mountains was damaged by wildfire. Water Solutions supported justifications to FEMA to secure funding and replace damaged infrastructure caused by the fire and wildfire response efforts worth more than 2 million dollars.

FEMA Funding, Community Run Water System

The City of Ceres, California had an urgent need for more water for its 50,000 population. Water Solutions was able to design and implement well rehabilitation, wellhead treatment and new wells. Treatment for Arsenic, Nitrate and Uranium were successfully installed. New wells were brought on line and failing wells were rehabilitated resulting in a thirty percent source increase in just two years.

Ground Water, City of Ceres

Water Solutions was hired to do a water source augmentation study for the City of Milpitas. Our team evaluated seven options and ultimately determined that pursuing the development of groundwater extraction wells was a top priority.

Ground Water, City of Milpitas

Water Solutions has worked with several of the Napa valley's premier wineries to solve issues like:
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<li>One hour well pump replacement (submersible well pump).</li>
<li>Water quality treatment to meet winemaster’s requirements.</li>
<li>State requirements for public water system licensing.</li>
<li>Lead and copper issues (be careful about buying antique Roman water fixtures!).</li>
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Napa Valley Wineries

A farm labor community relied on a nitrate contaminated well as the sole water source. Water Solutions applied for and received permitting, designed and supervised the installation of a nitrate treatment system. Five years of continuous operation have validated the fail safe design.

Nitrate Reduction, Farm Labor Housing

Water Solutions Inc. designed a rainwater harvesting system for an island in the Pacific ocean. Island access is restricted to a crane or helicopter, so not only was the size of the equipment and materials utilized limited, but consumable material used also factored heavily into the design. As a government run site, drinking water public health standards were adhered to. This system operated with only minor issues for 15 years. As a follow up project, a new water hauling system was designed and specified with an annual replenishment schedule.

Rainwater Catchment for a Remote Island

After drilling five dry holes, the owner of this seventy acre ranch hired Water Solutions Inc to assist. Water Solutions' team determined that there was a fault running through the property. By simply drilling on the other side of a fault we were able to develop a well that yielded over 100 gallons per minute. Due to the remote location, WSI designed and oversaw the installation of underground water storage and municipal style fire hydrants. The owner desired a “self service” well that wasn’t dependent on outside contractors so a flexible downhole well pipe was installed allowing the owner to replace the well pump themselves with no pump truck or specialized equipment.

Remote Ranch Well & Storage

Water Solutions Inc. designed and oversaw the installation of a water system on a Northern California hunting ranch that required 1.5 miles of pipe with an elevation change of 1,1270 feet or 550 PSI. The system was designed to operate mechanically (no electrical controls required) and work autonomously. By developing four springs and utilizing a river intake, the water demands were exceeded, even in drought conditions. This system has continued to operate with nothing more than routine maintenance for more than twelve years. Water for the ranch house is treated to federal drinking water standards. Additionally, the winter storm damage went from multiple failures per winter to none.

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