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Crystal Falls Township / Crystal Falls City Water System Improvement Projects

Crystal Falls Township Water System Improvements Project. Crystal Falls Township / Crystal Falls City Water System Improvement Projects. Presented by Jeff Bal at the 59 th Annual U.P. Water Institute Conference. Crystal Falls Township Hall and Public Works Garage.

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Crystal Falls Township / Crystal Falls City Water System Improvement Projects

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  1. Crystal Falls Township Water System Improvements Project Crystal Falls Township / Crystal Falls CityWater System Improvement Projects Presented by Jeff Bal at the 59th Annual U.P. Water Institute Conference

  2. Crystal Falls Township Hall and Public Works Garage

  3. Water Infrastructure Projects in the U.P. • Crystal Falls Township - Typical Community • Influenced by Mining Industry • Aging Water System • Did not meet Water System Reliability Standards • Small Customer Base • Needed to Reduce/Control Costs and Increase Customer Base to Generate and Preserve Revenue

  4. Crystal Falls Township Water System Improvements Need for Project • Firm Capacity / System Reliability • Leakage (60-70%) • Fire Flows (Minimal or Non-existent) • Widespread Pressure Fluctuations - Little or no pressure at some homes during peak daily demand periods - Commercial Demands Could Not be Satisfied • Large Need for System Updates and Mainline Replacement • Wells • Tanks • Booster Pumps • Etc.

  5. Large Widespread Service Areas • $$$$$ Rehabilitation • Need for Funding Assistance • USDA-RD, EPA, MEDC, other

  6. City of Crystal Falls

  7. City of Crystal Falls Faced Similar Issues • Influenced Mining Industry • Aging Water System • Aging Wells and Water Treatment System • Shrinking Customer Base • Needed to Reduce/Control Costs

  8. City of Crystal Falls • Needed to either: • Develop New Water Supply Source or • Construct New Treatment Plant due to High Iron and Manganese concentrations • City also needs to upgrade distribution Piping • All Costly Alternatives • During 2004 - City was Unsuccessful in Finding new source for water of Suitable Quality • City desired considering water agreement with Township

  9. City – Township Water Agreement Negotiations began March 25, 2005

  10. Crystal Falls Township Project Development • 1998-2002 Preliminary Engineering • 2002 Grant/Loan Application – USDA-RD • - $3,271,000 Grant (56%) • - $2,588,000 Loan 4.5% @ 40 Years • 2002-05 RD Funding Delayed • 2005 Township Received Special Appropriations Grant for $385,000 • 2005 RD Adjust Grant/Loan Offering to $2.27 Mil Grant / $3.59 Mil Loan • 2005 RD Funding was Secured and Preliminary Design Work Began in Spring for $6 Million Township only Water Project • Township Willing to discuss Water Agreement with City in Part due to Grant / Loan Revisions

  11. Crystal Falls Township Project Included: • Original Design Basis • 250 GPM Firm Pumping Requirement for Lind System • (1) Well Rehabilitation for Lind System • (1) 50,000 Elevated tank to be removed • (1) New Well For Townline Rd System for Reliability • (1) New 200,000 Gallon Elevated Tank • (2) Tanks Rehabilitated • Approximately 70,000 Feet of New Water Main

  12. Township – City Negotiations Intensify • April 5, 2005 • April 28, 2005 • May 6, 2005 • July 19, 2005 • Draft Terms of Agreement Reached in August 2005 • Firm Capacity Requirements Established for Each Community • Water Agreement Contingent upon Aquifer Testing • Final Terms of Agreement Negotiated November 2005 thru October 2006 • Agreement Signed October 3, 2006

  13. Crystal Falls Township Project Development • Township/City Water Agreement (Deal of the Century) - City Agrees to Contribute $1.4 Million toward Township Project for Improvements Necessary to meet City Flow Requirements - All New Design Basis Developed 2006-07

  14. Crystal Falls Township – Crystal Falls City • Design Basis Includes: • 800 GPM Firm Pumping Requirement for Lind System • (2) Wells Rehabilitation for Lind System • (2) New Wells for Lind System • (1) 50,000 Elevated tank to be removed • (1) New Well For Townline Rd System for Reliability • (1) New 500,000 Gallon Ground Storage Tank • (2) Tanks Rehabilitated • Approximately 72,000 Feet of New Water Main • Master Control & Meter Station to Control Flow to City • Radio SCADA System • Master Meter Station to Measure Flow Out of City

  15. City of Crystal Falls also Did Several Projects at This Time • Main Street Sewer Separation and Water Main Replacement $ 800,000 • City Transmission Main Upgrades $1,408,000 • Meter Installations for All Customers $ 500,000 • Projects Funded thru RD Loan and MEDC Grant

  16. Crystal Falls Township Water System • 660 Customers • 196,000 Feet of Pipe (37 Miles) • 18 Customers per Mile of Piping • 2 Completely Separated Systems

  17. Crystal Falls Township Water System • 3 Well Fields • Provides Service to Wholesale Customers - Hematite Township - Mastodon Township - City of Crystal Falls

  18. Some of the Challenges • Schedule – Majority of work needed to be designed, constructed and started up within 12 months of the City/Township Agreement • Coordination of Township project with on-going City Contractor • Increasing capacity by three-fold to satisfy City demand. • Start-up, disinfection of system tanks, wells, pumps and control systems. ….and Deer Season.

  19. Project Components Three Separate Construction Contracts • Contract I – Water Storage Tanks • Contract II – Booster Pump Station/Wells • Contract III – Distribution System Piping

  20. Contract I - Taniks

  21. Project Components Continued • Contract I – Tanks • New 500,000 gallon ground storage tank • Rehabilitate 75,000 gallon Elevated North End Tank • Rehabilitate 150,000 gallon Elevated Lind System Tank • Demolition of 50,000 gallon Tank

  22. Contract II – Booster Station and Wells

  23. Project Components Continued Contract II – Booster Pump Station/Wells • New Booster Pump Station w/(2) - 1,000 GPM pumps • New North End Well/Controls/Well House Expansion • New Lind System Wells/Controls/Well House Expansion

  24. Project Components Continued • Kuivila Well House and Pump Improvements • SCADA System Centralizing Controls from about a 119 Square Mile Area - All Water System Controls and Operating Data Trending - Some Sewer System Controls and Operating Data Trending

  25. Contract III - Piping

  26. Project Components Continued • Contract III – Distribution • 72,000 feet of new pipe • 5,000 feet of directional borings (wetlands, streams, highways and railroads) • New Customer Water Meters with Vehicle Equipped Automatic Radio Meter Reading Equipment

  27. Contract III – Piping Continued

  28. Contract III – Piping Continued

  29. Wells and Well House Construction Photos

  30. Expanded Lind Well House for New Well

  31. Lind Well House and New Well

  32. Expanded Townline Road Well House for New Well

  33. Ground Storage Tank Construction Photos

  34. Ground Storage Tank Inlet/Outlet Piping Designed for Mixing

  35. New 500,000 Gallon Ground Storage Tank

  36. Pipe Laying Challenges

  37. Rock Excavation Along Highway US-2 • 6,500 cyd of rock removed on the project

  38. Rock Blasting/Dual Pipe Installation Through Private Property

  39. Dual 16” Watermain Installation Rock/Groundwater

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