New England City
Provided expert engineering advice to a New England City where six large wastewater pumps began to fail after only four months of service. Documented why the City was justified in deciding to replace the pumps rather than to continue to nurse them along.
Mobile Home Park Sewage Overflow, San Jose, CA
Represented the owner of a mobile home in a park where the sewer system regularly overflowed under his unit. Determined that the previous overflows were due to problems with the pump station that served the mobile home park. These problems were fixed but another...
City of Alameda
Conducted a feasibility study of installing a mechanically cleaned bar screen on a stormwater pump station. Received the assignment on Friday. Delivered the report to the City engineering staff on Monday afternoon for use in a meeting with the City Manager on Tuesday...
Coffee-Claratina Stormwater Pump Station, City of Modesto
Assisted the City staff in designing the completion of a stormwater pump station to empty the dual-use detention basin that had been constructed as a feature of the park. Calculated the required pumping rates to meet various requirements and confirmed the pump...
City of Burlingame
Design of the California-Grove Stormwater Pump Station. The facilities included: a 28 CFS (18 MGD) pump station using submersible pumps; a standby generator; a storage building; drain inlets and piping; and site improvements. The construction cost of the facilities...
San Carlos Airport
Provided technical advice on stormwater improvements to accommodate further development of the site. The airport authority questioned how additional stormwater piping without any additional pumping capacity could increase the capacity of the overall stormwater system....
City of San Juan Capistrano
Prepared a Water Quality Plan for the City of San Juan Capistrano to control non-point sources of pollution. This plan is a part of stormwater work mandated by the Clean Water Act.
Modesto Stormwater Detention Basin Design Guide Review
Reviewed the stormwater permit, draft master plan, standard specifications, Guidance Manual, and dual use document to evaluate why there is so much diversity in the types of stormwater detention basins that are built. Made recommendations on how the designs of the...
Flooded Or Moist Crawl Spaces
Consulted on approximately 25 cases where there was flooding or excessive moisture in crawl spaces. Many of these cases were in the lower East Bay (Hayward and San Leandro, CA) where the ground surface is only a few feet above sea level and is very flat, providing...