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Bridge the San Joaquin River — One Challenge in 37 Mile Pipeline
South San Joaquin Irrigation District (SSJID) was faced with a reduced demand for irrigation water while the nearby cities were experiencing increased domestic demand and deteriorating ground water supplies. The District made the decision to supply potable water to the local communities. The project, which is now in service, will supply up to 60 mgd of treated water to the communities of Escalon, Manteca, Lathrop, and Tracy located in the Central Valley of California. The drinking water is treated in a new membrane filtration plant located adjacent to SSJID's Woodard Reservoir. The water is delivered through 37 miles of pipe and five turnouts. Each turnout has an at-grade steel reservoir and booster pumps. The pipeline design and construction included, in addition to the pipe, 10 railroad crossings, two interstate crossings, two microtunneled levee crossings, and a 641-foot-long four span pre-engineered steel truss bridge over the San Joaquin River illustrated in Figure 1. During the design and construction of the San Joaquin River Bridge Crossing the following lessons were learned. 1 Maintain a spirit of cooperation with all stakeholders throughout the entire project. 2 Hold the contractor and the bridge supplier to the requirements of the contract while being responsive to their issues and constraints. 3 Be fully aware of all project and permit constraints so that intelligent options exist. 4 Maintain excellent communication and coordination as a designer with the field inspection and resident engineering staff. In this paper the discussion will focus on how these lessons were learned while facing the challenges this bridge crossing presented.
Bridge the San Joaquin River — One Challenge in 37 Mile Pipeline
South San Joaquin Irrigation District (SSJID) was faced with a reduced demand for irrigation water while the nearby cities were experiencing increased domestic demand and deteriorating ground water supplies. The District made the decision to supply potable water to the local communities. The project, which is now in service, will supply up to 60 mgd of treated water to the communities of Escalon, Manteca, Lathrop, and Tracy located in the Central Valley of California. The drinking water is treated in a new membrane filtration plant located adjacent to SSJID's Woodard Reservoir. The water is delivered through 37 miles of pipe and five turnouts. Each turnout has an at-grade steel reservoir and booster pumps. The pipeline design and construction included, in addition to the pipe, 10 railroad crossings, two interstate crossings, two microtunneled levee crossings, and a 641-foot-long four span pre-engineered steel truss bridge over the San Joaquin River illustrated in Figure 1. During the design and construction of the San Joaquin River Bridge Crossing the following lessons were learned. 1 Maintain a spirit of cooperation with all stakeholders throughout the entire project. 2 Hold the contractor and the bridge supplier to the requirements of the contract while being responsive to their issues and constraints. 3 Be fully aware of all project and permit constraints so that intelligent options exist. 4 Maintain excellent communication and coordination as a designer with the field inspection and resident engineering staff. In this paper the discussion will focus on how these lessons were learned while facing the challenges this bridge crossing presented.
Bridge the San Joaquin River — One Challenge in 37 Mile Pipeline
Otte, George B. (author)
International Pipelines Conference 2008 ; 2008 ; Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Pipelines 2008 ; 1-9
2008-07-17
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
California , Pumps , Infrastructure , Water pipelines , Pipelines , Costs , Assets
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