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Managing a Surface Water Supply to Meet Future Needs
Author(s) -
Broome Kenneth,
Cass Ronald,
Waller Phil,
Rojas Soli,
Rice Amanda
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.5991/opf.2012.38.0076
Subject(s) - water supply , environmental science , bay , surface water , environmental engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , engineering , civil engineering , geotechnical engineering
This article discusses a project by Tampa Bay Water to expand the Tampa Bypass Canal Pump Station's capacity to improve the utility's surface water supply system. The project expanded the pump station's capacity from 138 mgd to 259 mgd and a repump station from 128 mgd to 185 mgd to collect and store water and supply the surface water treatment plant at a regional facility. The pump station withdraws available surface water from two segments of the bypass canal and transfers it to the repump station, which pumps the water to the reservoir or the surface water treatment plant. This article focuses on the bypass canal pump station, particularly site selection; operating conditions; expansion design, including capacity alternatives and intake screens; and construction.