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Rollingwood considers $6.2millionwater system improvement plan ROLLINGWOOD Civil engineering consulting firm K Friese and Associates presented a capital BY GRACE DICKENS PROPOSED PROJECTS COST ESTIMATE
Vance Lane & Vale Street water improvements $887,000
Gentry Drive fire flow improvements $232,000 Laura Lane fire flow improvements $779,000 Cul-de-sac fire flow improvements $1,751,000
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improvement plan for Rollingwood’s water system at the city’s Feb. 16 council meeting. This plan includes 11 projects throughout the city targeting pressure and fire flow issues at varying costs, totaling about $6.2 million in improvements. Funding for the projects is uncertain at this time; however, the city is looking into an application process for federal infrastructure funds coming through the Texas Water Development Board. After developing a more complete map of water lines within the city, KFA developed ideal standards for water pressures throughout the city and used modeling technology to determine areas that had issues with high pressure, low pressure and fire flows. Projects were ranked according to how much they deviated from the desired standard set by KFA in its analysis, with projects further from desired pressure levels ranking higher. Prices for the projects are not definitive and only represent a high-level cost estimate from the planning side of the project, KFA associate Greg Blackburn said.
Inwood Cove interconnect
$105,000
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Hatley/Almarion pressure plane adjustment Pickwick Lane fire flow improvements Bettis Boulevard fire flow improvements
$50,000
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Abandonment projects
$855,000
$964,000
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Town Centre PRV
$189,000
$133,000
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Total: $6,224,000
$279,000
SOURCE: K FRIESE AND ASSOCIATES/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
These financial estimates include construction and engineering services, such as a topographic survey and design work. These projects can be broken up a number of different ways and packaged together to make financing more effective, he said. For areas at low elevations, a pressure-releasing valve may be used to alleviate pressure buildup and prevent water from being delivered to customers at pressure levels that are too high. In addition to water pressure for homes, these projects took a look at fire flow pressures, which provide water throughout the city in times of an emergency.
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