The Wave | Summer 2016

Leaks are the

Leaks largest component of BILLING real losses, with 75% of drinking water investment ERRORS needs being repair and

replacement of leaky pipes.

REAL LOSSES

IN THIS ISSUE

There are 650-700 main breaks per day in the U.S., or roughly 240,000 per year

A small component of NRW includes necessary but unbilled activities such as firefighting, hydrant flushing, municipal construction, and street sweeping.

Water Loss in the U.S.

The High Cost of

NON-REVENUE WATER

Main Breaks

Real losses are the physical losses of water from the distribution system.

We lose about seven billion gallons of water per day The amount of water lost in one year is enough to supply the ten largest cities in the U.S. Lost water accounts for billions of dollars in lost revenue The amount of NRW for utilities is 10-30%

Meter Errors What is NRW?

Non-revenue water (NRW) is clean, treated drinking water delivered to the distribution system but not billed to customers.

Tank Overflows

Theft

Billing Errors

APPARENT LOSSES

Apparent losses are non-physical losses that consist of water successfully delivered but not measured or recorded accurately.

Slow the Flow

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AWWA’s Water Audits and Loss Control Programs M36 methodology helps utilities find and control water loss: Lowers operation and maintenance costs Increases water availability Reduces the need for new sources and treatment plants Diminishes impacts from drought and climate change

The High Cost of Non-Revenue Water Infographic page 4

General Engineering Services in Danbury, CT page 6

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T&H Welcomes Several New Team Members!

Tata & Howard is thrilled to welcome several new members to the team.

Marc W. Morin, P.E. has joined the firm as an Associate. Marc is a wastewater/water manager with over 30 years of engineering consulting experience. In addition, he has served as Acting Director of Public Works in Durham, NH and served as Chairman of the New Hampshire State Licensure Board for Professional Engineers. Marc will assist with managing wastewater work firm-wide and will serve as manager of the Concord, NH office.

Marc W. Morin, P.E.

We are also happy to announce that a familiar face has rejoined the team. James V. Hoyt IV, P.E. has returned to T&H as a Senior Project Engineer. James works out of our Marlborough, MA office and serves as Assistant Team Leader for the Wastewater Division. James holds a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from UMass, Lowell.

Meagan Heslin, P.E. joined the team as an Assistant Project Engineer. Meagan has a BS and an MS in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. She is also PACP and MACP certified by NASSCO, and is OSHA 10-hour and Confined Space Entry certified. Meagan works out of our Marlborough, MA office.

James V. Hoyt IV, P.E.

We have also hired three recently graduated engineers to join the team:

Finally, we are pleased to welcome four summer interns to the team:

Adam Carrier, Marlborough, MA, BS in Civil Engineering with an Environmental Focus, WPI, 2016

Chelsea Henderson, Waterbury, CT, Senior at University of Connecticut, Civil Engineering

Katie Carreira, Marlborough, MA, BS in Civil & Environmental Engineering, UMass, Amherst, 2016

Anthony Russo, Marlborough, MA, Senior at Merrimack College, Civil Engineering

William Grant, Waterbury, CT, BS in Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2016

Nathan Meersman, Marlborough, MA, Senior at WPI, Environmental Engineering Teddy Jerdee, Marlborough, MA, Senior at University of New Hampshire, Business Administration & Marketing

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Environmental Services in Boston, MA inated soil and sediments (i.e., Historic Fill) to create the land on which the original buildings were constructed (tenement housing). That housing was subsequently razed in the 1950s and a warehouse/storage building was constructed.

Rendering of the proposed new high-end retail/residential apartment building

T&H is providing LSP services to the owner of a property in Boston, MA. The project involves the redevelopment of the Site from a warehouse/storage building to a high-end retail/residential apartment building. T&H’s involvement in the project stems from the fact that there are contaminants in the soil associated with the Historic Fill located at the property.

The eastern portion of this site historically was beneath Boston Harbor and was eventually filled in with contam-

T&H precharacterized the soil to evaluate the concentrations of the contaminants and the options for offsite disposal locations. We also prepared a Release Abatement Measure (RAM) Plan for the soil excavation and offsite disposal activities, including dust monitoring during the excavation to monitor for fugitive dust. Areas of elevated levels of metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were strategically excavated using the real-time data provided by an X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analyzer to minimize the volume of soil with the highest disposal cost. T&H prepared the Bill-of-Lading paperwork and worked with a half dozen landfills in MA, NH, and VT to get approval to dispose the contaminated soil at these facilities. Some of the soil contained leachable lead, which needed to be stabilized prior to being shipped offsite.

T&H prepared a soil treatment plan and coordinated with a specialized environmental contractor who treated the soil to stabilize the lead and render the soil non-hazardous for offsite disposal.

Pump Station Incorporating LID Stormwater Management, Aquarion Water Company, CT T&H has provided design and bidding services and will be providing construction administration, and resident observation services associated with the replacement of the Anderson Road Pumping Station in Greenwich, CT. Construction of the replacement pump is scheduled to start this summer. The replacement pump station is needed because the existing station, which is a buried steel structure, has deteriorated and the internal components are in need of replacement.

The replacement pump station will be a buried concrete structure with three 3.0 mgd pumps to provide a firm capacity of 6.0 mgd with one pump out of service, as well as a jockey pump to allow for transfers as low as 0.5 mgd. It will also include a standby generator sized to operate the station during power outages.

The replacement pump station will incorporate several Low Impact Development (LID) features for stormwater management including three feet of soil overburden with prairie grass over the buried structure, disconnected impervious surfaces, directing runoff to adjacent grassy areas, and a driveway constructed with permeable 2

Proposed Anderson Road Pump Station with Plantings

pavers and gravel over a stone storage reservoir that provides detention storage.

Water Treatment Plant in Falmouth, MA Progressing on Schedule Construction of the 8.0 mgd DAF Long Pond Water Treatment Plant (WTP) in Falmouth, MA, designed by Tata & Howard, is progressing on schedule. Concrete work for the WTP and garage building has been completed, and concrete work is now progressing on the exterior tanks, Ozone Contactor, and Raw Water Construction is progressing on schedule, and the Pump Station. Structural steel projected completion is spring of 2017 work at the WTP and garage has been completed, and masonry and roofing work is ongoing. Process equipment and piping work has started within the WTP. Site work is progressing as the various structures around the site are constructed, and the large retaining walls on the north and south sides of the WTP have been constructed.

Eastern Box Turtle Conservation The Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP), part of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, required that the Long Pond Water Treatment Plant construction site be evaluated for impact to Estimated Habitats of Rare Wildlife and Priority Habitats for State-Protected Resident Observers check the perimeter of the Rare Species prior to consilt fence on a daily basis to ensure that no struction, with particular turtles have entered the construction site. If any turtles are found, they are removed safely from focus on the Eastern Box the construction site and documented.

Turtle. A third party site assessment determined that, with isolation of the work area and sweeping the area prior to construction, there would be virtually no possibility of harming the turtles. They also determined that as long as a hermetic barrier, or silt fence, is maintained throughout construction, turtles will not be harmed. Therefore, the construction sequence, which includes site isolation and contractor education, has allowed the project to proceed without detriment to turtles. Upon completion of the project, there will be nearly two acres of new habitat for the turtles, which will provide significant advantage to the local population of turtles for two or more decades. Therefore, the project is expected to have a compelling net positive result with regard to the status of Eastern Box Turtles on the adjoining 65 acres and beyond.

Under

Construction A few samples of projects currently under construction:

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Water Mains, Canaan Fire District #1, VT

Distribution system improvements for 12,000 linear feet of water main.

Water Mains, Dexter, ME

Replacement of approximately 7,000 linear feet of existing 6-inch cast iron water main with 8-inch C-900 PVC water main.

Wastewater Pump Station, Monson, MA

Replacement of the existing pumps at the Hospital Road Wastewater Pump Station, including the replacement of instrumentation and electrical equipment, variable frequency drives, and the removal and replacement of interior piping and valves. An underground fuel storage tank will be removed and replaced with a new above ground in the same location.

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Pump Station, Aquarion Water Company, CT

Construction of a new aboveground pumping station to replace the existing below ground booster pump station. The new station site is located in the Newtown Historic District, which requires the building to have conforming architectural details, including a foundation with stone facing, vertical siding, and a cupola. The replacement pump station building will house the pumps and controls, standby power, pressure reducing/sustaining/relief valves, HVAC, and SCADA equipment.

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Leaks are the

Leaks largest component of BILLING real losses, with 75% of drinking water investment ERRORS needs being repair and

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replacement of leaky pipes.

REAL LOSSES

Real losses are the physical losses of water from the distribution system.

A small component of NRW includes necessary but unbilled activities such as firefighting, hydrant flushing, municipal construction, and street sweeping.

Main Breaks There are 650-700 main breaks per day in the U.S., or roughly 240,000 per year

Water Loss in the U.S.

We lose about seven billion gallons of water per day The amount of water lost in one year is enough to supply the ten largest cities in the U.S. Lost water accounts for billions of dollars in lost revenue The amount of NRW for utilities is 10-30%

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N-REVENUE WATER Meter Errors

Theft

Billing Errors

APPARENT LOSSES

Apparent losses are non-physical losses that consist of water successfully delivered but not measured or recorded accurately.

Slow the Flow

AWWA’s Water Audits and Loss Control Programs M36 methodology helps utilities find and control water loss: Lowers operation and maintenance costs Increases water availability Reduces the need for new sources and treatment plants Diminishes impacts from drought and climate change

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Employee Health and Fitness Month

In The News EPA Releases Revised MS4 Permit In April, EPA released the much-anticipated revised General Permit for Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) in Massachusetts. The permit, which becomes effective July 1, 2017, covers 260 municipalities in Massachusetts and has the same six minimum control measures as the 2003 MA MS4 Permit. Key facts about the permit are as follows: •

A Notice of Intent (NOI) to apply for coverage under the permit will be due September 29, 2017.

5-year permit term.

Permittee may prioritize catch basin inspection and cleaning based on their knowledge of the system.

Credit for past work.

Up to ten years to complete illicit discharge requirements.

One year to update from 2003 Stormwater Management Plan.

Permit contains no end-of-pipe limits.

No retrofits required during the permit term.

Routine road maintenance and paving are exempt from post-construction requirements.

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Tata & Howard has extensive experience assisting municipalities in meeting MS4 permit requirements. Please contact our Stormwater Manager Jon Gregory, P.E. directly at 508-219-4016 or jgregory@tataandhoward.com for assistance or if you have additional questions.

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May was National Employee Health & Fitness Month. At Tata & Howard, we are not only committed to engineering a healthy environment, we are also committed to improving our personal health. Therefore, we celebrated National Employee Health & Fitness Month with a series of weekly initiatives, which were announced on Monday of each week.

We kicked off National Employee Health & Fitness Month with a Steps Challenge where we challenged all employee-owners to walk 100 miles in the month of May – that’s 200,000 steps total — to be entered to win a FitBit Blaze. We also introduced a “Smarter Choices” section to our snacks in the kitchen and went for a mid-day walk.

The gratitude bowl encouraged team members to be thankful for small, everyday things - the beautiful May weather was a popular topic!

Employee-owners from our Waterbury, CT office enjoyed the sunny, spring weather during their Week One mid-day walk

Since health goes beyond the physical, employee-owners were challenged to write down their “gratitudes” and drop them into the Gratitude Bowl for week two of the challenge. Team members were also encouraged to thank their fellow co-workers.

Week three’s challenge asked employee-owners to eat more fruit, and the company provided fruit to all employees to help get them started. For week four, team members were challenged to (surprise!) drink more water. Each team member received a T&H water bottle with verbiage that encourages them to refill with tap water.

The month of activities will culminate with an after-work 5K run/walk, after which the winner of the FitBit Blaze will be chosen. Congratulations to the whole team for rising up to the challenge of improving health and fitness!

Some engineers from our Marlborough, MA office show off their new T&H water bottles.

T&H Employee-Owners Participate in Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup

On Saturday, April 30, T&H had a team of eight people volunteer at the 17th Annual Earth Day Charles River Cleanup Day. The team was stationed in Dedham and, in nearly 2 hours, filled eight bags of trash! T&H was thrilled to be part of the Earth Day effort and looks forward to volunteering at similar future events.

General Engineering Services in Danbury, CT

, Tata & Howard provides general engineering services to the City of Danbury. Currently, we are providing the following services: 1. Developing the plans and specifications for a prestressed, precast concrete storage tank to replace the existing 1.5 MG welded steel tank. Engineering services include an analysis to size the tank, preparation of plans and specifications, permitting, bidding assistance, construction administration, and resident observation.

2. Assisting the City of Danbury Public Utilities Department with the review of proposed construction plans and shop drawings, and consultation and advice on construction matters related to water and sewer utility crossings of a 42-inch natural gas main.

3. Developing plans and detailed specifications for the relocation of a section of the 24-inch Padanaram Road (CT Route 37) sewer line that is in conflict with a proposed Connecticut DOT retaining wall.

4. Engineering services including design, bidding, construction administration, and resident observation for replacement generators at four sewage pumping stations.

This spring, Tata & Howard provided resident observation services for conducting geotechnical borings in support of the WestConn Storage Tank replacement project.

5. Design, bidding, construction administration, and resident observation for the Oakland Avenue sanitary sewer project consisting of jacking a new 24-inch sanitary sewer line under the Interstate 84 embankment as a replacement for an existing 16-inch sewer that is undersized.

6. Water Supply Plan update.

7. Dam engineering services for multiple City-owned and water supply dams.

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We Love Learning!

Recently, Tata & Howard has held several learning events, including internal and external presentations, at our corporate office in Marlborough. After all, we love to learn!

101 Classes (for entry level engineers): • New Source Development presented by Paul B. Howard, P.E., Senior Vice President • Pumps presented by Ron S. Ponte, P.E., Vice President • Hydraulics presented by Justine M. Carroll, P.E., Project Manager Lunch and Learn Presentations: • Clean Water Initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, presented by Ryan Shea, P.E., Assistant Project Engineer at Northeastern University • Drones in Engineering, presented by Andy Street, P.E., Civil Design Consultants

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Employee-owners listen attentively during Ryan Shea’s Clean Water Initiatives in the Democratic Republic of Congo presentation

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