City of Borger
- water resources
- Borger, Texas
Project Scope
Seven wells with a total production capacity of approximately 6.5 million gallons per day; six miles of 12-inch to 36-inch collection pipeline; a 5 mgd booster pump station; two 1 million-gallon ground storage tanks; a hybrid standpipe; and an approximately 15-mile transmission pipeline ranging in diameter from 16 to 24 inches
Construction Type
New water supply
Project Components
Hydraulic analysis, structural, electrical, SCADA, architectural, and civil work
The City of Borger engaged the services of Parkhill to engineer a water system for a new source of potable groundwater in reaction to increasing water demands, reduced water availability due to drought conditions and the prospect of a new $720 million facility adding to Borger’s strong industrial economy.
The Borger Northwest Wellfield project was designed to produce an initial firm capacity of 5 million gallons per day (MGD), with a future capacity of 10 MGD. Hydrogeology for this wellfield was challenging, but Parkhill’s design team was able to determine locations for high-producing water wells using electromagnetic resistivity techniques adapted from the oil drilling industry. Additionally, this system is unique in that it pumps water directly from the wellfield into the city’s water distribution system.
Because of the highly specialized construction requirements of this project, Parkhill’s team divided it into specialized components that lowered construction costs for the wellfield. With the money saved by splitting up the construction, Parkhill was able to include a second, one-million-gallon storage tank in the facility that currently provides redundancy for operations and will ease future expansion of the system.
Awards
2017 Texas Engineering Excellence Award Water and Wastewater Gold Medal Winner – American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas
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