CENTRAL TEXAS WEAT PRESENTS
Brian Perkins, PE (GRBA), John Buser, PE (AECOM), and Tyler Davidson, PE (WSP)
Carrizo Groundwater Supply Project – Well Field and Raw Water Transmission
Tuesday – January 19, 2021 at 12 pm to 1 pm
Zoom Meeting
Due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the November CTS WEAT meeting will be an online Zoom meeting over lunch. Zoom Meeting information below:
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Time: November 17, 2020 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
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DATE AND TIME
01/19/21 12:00pm
Carrizo Groundwater Supply Project – Well Field and Raw Water Transmission
For more than 16 years, the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) has been developing a multi-phase water supply project with the intent of meeting the rapidly growing water demands within the Interstate Highway (IH) 35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio. Recognizing the cost of such a large project, GBRA has entered into a partnership with Alliance Regional Water Authority (ARWA) to develop, treat, and distribute groundwater from the Carrizo Aquifer. Cooperative implementation of the initial phases of each entity’s project will result in significant cost savings, with the bulk of the project being funded through the Texas Water Development Board through the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) program. Each entity will develop their own groundwater supply system and transport the developed groundwater to a groundwater treatment plant. Shared facilities include the groundwater treatment plant sourced from the GBRA and ARWA well fields and treated water transmission facilities delivering up to 30,000 acre-ft/yr (26.8 MGD) from the groundwater treatment plant to Lockhart, San Marcos, Goforth Special Utility District (SUD), Crystal Clear SUD, Green Valley SUD, New Braunfels Utility (NBU) and others. GBRA has obtained several groundwater leases in Caldwell and Gonzales Counties, and currently holds a production permit from the Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District to provide up to 15,000 acre-ft/yr , with the available lease area to provide additional capacity as the demand increases. This presentation will focus on the development of the GBRA groundwater well field and the associated pumping and transmission infrastructure required to transport the groundwater from the well field to the shared water treatment plant.
Speaker Bios
Brian Perkins, PE (GBRA): Brian is a Senior Water Resource Engineer with the GBRA. He has over 22 years of experience in water supply planning and water rights analyses. Prior to joining GBRA, he worked as a water resources engineer for 2 national firms where he led conceptual and feasibility studies for large-scale water supply solutions. Brian holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Kentucky and serves as the internal project manager for the project.
John Buser, PE (AECOM): John Buser is a Senior Project Manager with AECOM. He has over 25 years of experience, with 20 years at AECOM, designing and managing large municipal water and wastewater treatment and distribution projects. He has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Concordia Lutheran College (now Concordia University Texas) and a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Houston. AECOM is serving as the principal design engineer for the GBRA well field and raw water transmission main.
Tyler Davidson, PE (WSP): Tyler has over 20 years of experience in public water supply well design, construction, and rehabilitation; local and regional groundwater availability studies; hydrologic and water quality studies for municipalities, the Edwards Aquifer Authority, and the Texas Water Development Board, and industrial clients; and in the development and use of various Texas regional groundwater availability models.
YP Update
For more information please contact Perran Hutton 512-687-2170, phutton@plummer.com.:
Reduced Sponsorship Rates for 2021…
Sponsorship alternatives have been developed in a way of keeping section costs, scholarship opportunities and meeting costs low for all members/attendees. Sponsorship options include Classic (meeting), Gold, Platinum, and more! For more details, please contact Jessica Vassar 512-617-3167, jbv@freese.com.
Special Thanks to the Central Texas Section
Platinum Sponsors
Environmental Improvements, Inc., established in 1966 is a Manufacturer’s Representative firm specializing in water and wastewater treatment. We represent a complete line of manufacturers capable of treating all variations of municipal water and wastewater applications. Coupled with our product service we have been providing treatment equipment and solutions in Texas for over forty-five years.
As a result, our practice has been focused on the protection and development of water resources for our clients and their customers for 40 years. We are a firm of over 120 engineering and scientific professionals dedicated to planning and design of water infrastructure. Dedicated to water resources and environmental engineering, our firm balances sound engineering principles with innovative technology tailored to our clients’ needs. From initial project kick-off, through stringent QC review, to a completed project, our focus stays on developing cost-effective
solutions for our clients. We are involved from project inception to implementation and every step in between. It is what we do every day, as opposed to what we do when we have that type of project. We are proud to be one of the top engineering firms in Texas and Louisiana (ENR TX&LA 2018). Because of our focus on water-related matters, our engineers and scientists have become recognized experts in their fields at the local, state, and national level. Our motto is “quality deliverables on schedule…without exception.”
DCS’s list of services includes managing and providing master planning; modeling; water supply; CIP list development; design of elevated storage tanks, pumping stations, ground storage tanks, waterlines, reclaimed water systems, water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants; process design; plant process analysis/trouble shooting; lift stations; sanitary sewers, sewer rehabilitation; odor and noise control; biosolids treatment; assimilative modeling; TPDES permitting; mechanical, structural, roadway design, and drainage. Simple solutions to complex problems, integrity, and open communication with Owners and Operators are the foundations upon which the firm has been built.
Gold Sponsors
CP&Y, Inc. – Has specialized in providing professional engineering services to Texas communities since 1980. CP&Y has successfully completed numerous civil infrastructure projects across the state specifically in South Central Texas. These projects are always carefully managed and coordinated with the clients who consistently choose us for our versatility, experience, quality, and on-time performance.
Special Thanks to the Central Texas Section
September Meeting Sponsor
AECOM is a global provider of professional technical and management support services. Currently, Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine ranks AECOM the Number 2 consulting firm in the world; with focused expertise in water and wastewater infrastructure. With its incredibly diverse workforce, AECOM is ready and poised to address any water or wastewater project to meet our client needs. We are a leader in all of the key markets that we serve — including water, transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, high-rise buildings and government — and provide a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions. We support our clients in all phases of project delivery, from planning and feasibility, to design and construction, operation and maintenance, and monitoring. Today, with over 1,600 design and consulting services employees in Texas, AECOM has a deep bench of local resources to tackle any project challenges that may arise.
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Greg Kirton 512-972-2053 Greg.Kirton@austintexas.gov
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