Brown and Caldwell services

This massive project improves water quality for the Sacramento County Water Agency and protects the East Bay Municipal Utility District from future water shortages. The result of a historic water rights agreement between the agencies, the project provides 85 mgd for Sacramento year-round and up to 100 mgd for EBMUD under drought conditions. BC designed 8 miles of large diameter welded-steel pipeline, flow control and other structures.

BC designed the world’s largest pressurized MIEX System with greensand filtration to remove dissolved organic carbon as well as iron and manganese, which had caused taste, odor, color and fixture staining complaints for decades. The project cut the cost of the system by some 40 percent over a proposed membrane solution, and has vastly improved the city’s customer satisfaction.