Buffalo Pound to Regina pipeline increases City of Regina’s drinking water supply
By Gord Joorisity
Installation of 1,050 mm diameter steel pipeline.
The Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant provides
safe, high quality drinking water to the cities of
Regina and Moose Jaw, as well as several small
communities and rural customers along the
pipeline route. In the 1980s, the City of Regina decided to
twin its 56 kilometre pipeline from the treatment plant to
its customers in the City to provide additional water supply
capacity.
The City commissioned Associated Engineering to
complete the pre-design study for twinning the 900 millimetre
diameter pipeline. Their report recommended
twinning with a 1,050 millimetre diameter steel pipe parallel
to the existing pipeline. The company subsequently
completed design and provided construction engineering
services for Phases One and Two of the three-phase
pipeline twinning project.
In 2001, the City, once again, retained the Associated
Engineering team for Phase Three of the pipeline expansion.
This final phase involves construction of 20 kilometres
of 1,050 millimetre diameter steel pipeline and modifications
to the high lift pumping facilities located at the
Buffalo Pound Water Treatment Plant.
As the prime consultant, Associated Engineering is
providing comprehensive services for pre-design,
detailed design, bid period, general engineering, resident
engineering, post-construction, and project management
services. Led by Gord Joorisity, Senior Project Manager
in their Regina office, design is being coordinated with
technical specialists located in Associated Engineering
offices across Western Canada, as well as with a number
of specialist subconsultants.
To gain full advantage of capital cost savings and
improve control of the project schedule, the City elected
to proceed with a number of separate supply and installation
schedules. The project team has managed all of these
contracts for the City.
The work has required coordination with landowners
to ensure their full support for this project. Affected
landowners were notified of the upcoming construction
well in advance, and careful consideration was given to
all impacts that this work would have on the existing
property, traffic operations, and future land use in and
around the 33 metre wide working easement.
Approvals were obtained to construct the pipeline
from various provincial and federal regulatory agencies,
including Saskatchewan Environment, Saskatchewan
Watershed Authority, SaskEnergy, and Fisheries and
Oceans Canada.
Once the Buffalo Pound to Regina Pipeline Expansion
and pump improvements are completed, the City of
Regina will benefit from increased potable water supply
capacity, improved water system security, and lower operating
costs due to reduced high lift pumping requirements.
For more information, contact Bert Munro, P.Eng., Vice President and General Manager of Associated Engineering's Saskatchewan operation
Contact e-mail: munrob@ae.ca.
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