Sedimentation Basin Improvements
Bluffdale · Salt Lake County
- Chain & Flight Replacement
- 6 Basins
- Location
- Bluffdale
- County
- Salt Lake County
- Year
- 2023
- Owner / Engineer
- Jordan Valley Water Improvement District / Brown & Caldwell
Project Overview
VanCon remodeled existing structures to increase the capacity and prolong the life of the Bluffdale water treatment sedimentation basins. VanCon removed deteriorated chain and flight and poured seismic reinforcing concrete walls inside two basins and two buttresses outside the basins. VanCon infilled around the troughs through the effluent wall of four basins. VanCon repaired clarifiers for basins 1 and 2. VanCon installed new chain and flight and replaced pumps for six basins. The work took place through an unexpectedly extra snowy winter, requiring ice chipping and snow removal almost daily.
Project Highlights
- Seismic reinforcing concrete walls in two basins
- Two exterior buttresses poured
- Deteriorated chain and flight removal and replacement
- Effluent wall trough infill on four basins
- Clarifier repair for basins 1 and 2
- Pump replacement for six basins
- Winter construction — daily ice chipping and snow removal
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