Charlotte Water operates a fleet of vacuum sewer cleaning trucks to help maintain the wastewater facilities throughout their system. The receiving facilities where the waste from the trucks were offloaded was unsafe and problematic. Charlotte Water engaged Willis Engineers to design a new Vacuum Truck Receiving Station at the Field Operations Zone 4 facility off…
The Town of Mooresville operates two water treatment facilities providing service to customers in Mooresville, North Carolina. The original Water Treatment Plant (WTP #1) utilizes an earthen basin for storage of alum sludge. The Plant was constructed in the 1960s and over time the basin had lost its shape and has become difficult to maintain.…
The Town of Mooresville operates the McCrary Creek Pump Station, which provides service to customers located in Morrison Plantation. The pump station was constructed in the early 2000’s and utilized an in-channel grinder intended to grind any solids that entered the station. Over the years the Town has experienced difficulty with operation of the pump…
The Water and Sewer Authority of Cabarrus County (WSACC) owns and operates wholesale wastewater conveyance systems serving the Town of Mt. Pleasant. Collection of wastewater at the retail customer level is done by the Town, who discharges wastewater into the WSACC system. Wastewater is pumped by WSACC through a series of force mains to a…
The City of Shelby operates an extensive water treatment and distribution system with a maximum treatment capacity of 12.0 million gallons per day (MGD). Much of the distribution system, particularly in the Uptown Area, was installed in the early 1900’s and consists of cast iron piping assembled using lead joints. Although this infrastructure has served…
Charlotte Water provides water and sewer service to areas throughout Mecklenburg County. Charlotte Water completed a Master Plan that included a comprehensive evaluation of the water system and identified several projects needed to improve service for Charlotte Water customers. One of the recommendations was a new 24-inch water main to improve water service in the…
Customers in downtown Mocksville were provided water service by 4-inch water lines that were over 100 years old. The Town was concerned that, due to the location of the pipeline, the new streetscaping efforts in Court Square could be hindered by the aging utilities. The pipe was made of cast iron, with lead joints and…
For many years the City of Shelby has struggled to maintain adequate fire flow and water pressure in the eastern part of the City. This area grew with expansion of the Cleveland Community College and other civic facilities east of Shelby. Unfortunately, extension of the water system was done without a comprehensive master plan or…
Willis Engineers worked with the City of Laurinburg in evaluating the water and sewer infrastructure needs to support a new industry in their industrial park. The industry required an extremely aggressive timetable for their sewer needs. Willis Engineers immediately developed an implementation plan to meet their needs. Four separate construction contracts were defined for the…
The Town of Mocksville operates an extensive water system providing service to customers throughout the Town. Water service north of Interstate-40 is provided by the Madison Road Booster Pumping Station which is equipped with two booster pumps, one of which must be operating at all times to maintain system pressure. In order to improve reliability…
