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RSSPump System Helps Utility Tap Missouri River Under Low Flows At Vital Intake
February 7, 2007
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Water and electric utilities have mounting concerns that their intakes along the Missouri River are threatened by continuing physical degradation of the channel and the extended drought across the Upper Basin. These factors, combined with a more conservative flow management policy by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, have found the river running thin the past few winters above Kansas City, Missouri. The barge navigation season could even face total cancellation above Kansas City next year if severe drought conditions continue. Even if the moisture falls and recharges the string of reservoirs far upstream, the utilities will still confront the relentless physical changes imposed on the river.
Water District #1 (WaterOne), a utility on the Kansas side of the metropolitan area, has taken a decisive step by installing a $2-million "Low River Pump System" at the utility's 125-MGD intake along the Missouri River. WaterOne and its consultant, Black & Veatch Corporation, studied several alternative designs before finalizing plans for their installation.
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•Case Study: Pump System Helps Utility Tap Missouri River Under Low Flows At Vital Intake
SOURCE: ITT Water & Wastewater - Flygt Products
