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Successful Completion of the Regional Environmental Sewer Conveyance Upgrade (RESCU) Silicon Valley Clean Water’s (SVCW’s) historic, award-winning $580 million RESCU Program represents an innovative revamp of its wastewater conveyance system that will support community and environmental health in Silicon Valley over the next century. The RESCU Program involved converting SVCW’s conveyance system from a 60-year-old, failing force-main system to a more efficient gravity system, which involved three massive projects constructed concurrently, each using Progressive Design-Build project delivery:
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The 3.3-mile Gravity Pipeline, a tunnel to convey wastewater from our member agencies’ collection systems to the SVCW Treatment Plant.
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The Front of the Plant which includes a new Receiving Lift Station to deliver wastewater from the tunnel to a new headworks, consisting of new screens and grit removal.
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Pump Stations Improvements consist of decommissioning two pump stations, rehabilitating one pump station, and replacing one pump station.
Speakers: Kim Hackett, P.E., SVCW Authority Engineer
Mark Minkowski, P.E., Kennedy Jenks Vice President
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