Black & Veatch Begins Work on New Groundwater Supply Source for St. Louis.ST. LOUIS -- Black & Veatch announced today that it has begun work on a project to develop a new groundwater supply source for the city of St. Louis, Mo. When completed, the new water source will deliver up to 240 million gallons of groundwater per day to the Chain of Rocks Water Purification  It has been suggested that , , and be merged into this article or section. Plant for treatment and distribution to customers in the St. Louis metropolitan area. "This project is an important first step in establishing a consistent water source for our customers," said David Visintainer, St. Louis Water Commissioner and Director of Public Utilities. "The new groundwater supply will help satisfy anticipated future regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. , reduce treatment costs and provide us with a safe drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. supply. We are pleased to have Black & Veatch join us as we initiate this important project for the residents of St. Louis." Black & Veatch is currently preparing a groundwater supply master plan for phased implementation of the proposed new well field and transmission pipelines as part of a contract for engineering services to build the first phase of the project that will deliver approximately 50 million gallons of groundwater per day to the treatment plant. The master plan is scheduled for completion in March 2007. "This is the beginning stage of what will ultimately be one of the largest municipal groundwater supply development projects in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. ," said John Schilling, Black & Veatch project manager. "In addition to its scope, the project is located on a historical and geographically important site. Our goal is to adapt these major water system improvements, with special emphasis on their aesthetics, so that they will blend into the natural surroundings of this environmentally sensitive area An Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) is a type of designation for an agricultural area which needs special protection because of its landscape, wildlife or historical value. ." The Chain of Rocks Plant was originally constructed in 1894 and is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River Mississippi River River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. , five miles south of its confluence confluence /con·flu·ence/ (kon´floo-ins) 1. a running together; a meeting of streams.con´fluent 2. in embryology, the flowing of cells, a component process of gastrulation. with the Missouri River Missouri River River, central U.S. The longest tributary of the Mississippi River, it rises in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana. It flows east to central North Dakota and south across South Dakota, forming sections of the South Dakota–Nebraska boundary, the . The plant is operated by the St. Louis Water Division and has the capacity to produce up to 300 million gallons of purified drinking water per day from raw Mississippi River water supply. The proposed groundwater supply is located in the Columbia Bottom area at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, the two largest rivers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . About Black & Veatch Black & Veatch Corporation is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, information and government markets. Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch develops tailored infrastructure solutions that meet clients' needs and provide sustainable benefits. Solutions include conceptual and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset management, information technology, environmental, security design and consulting, and management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects services. B&V Water, Black & Veatch's water business, provides innovative, technology-based solutions to utilities, governments and industries worldwide. Local project managers work with a global team of water and wastewater treatment process experts to address site-specific challenges through a broad range of consulting, study, planning, design, design-build and construction management services. The employee-owned company has more than 90 offices worldwide. Black & Veatch is ranked on the Forbes "500 Largest Private Companies in the United States" listing. The company's Web site address is www.bv.com. |
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