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Living With Construction
JCW does all it can to minimize the impact of sewer construction on people who live and work in project areas. Sometimes this work goes unnoticed because it often takes place underground. But occasionally, work must be done in streets or alleys near homes or businesses. We take care to reduce noise, dust, traffic, and any other potential construction nuisance to a minimum. We also meet with and mail updates to project neighbors before and during construction to get input and give progress reports.Updates on Construction Projects
Planning and Study
Infiltration & Inflow (I&I) Pilot Study is a pilot study needed to fill a critical gap in the data that exists relative to the system improvements necessary to adequately manage I&I, and in so doing meet both customer service goals and regulatory requirements. Sanitary sewer system performance within the Turkey Creek, Mission Main and Leawood Watersheds is impacted by the magnitude of wet weather flows that enter the sewer system. The wet weather flows are due to system defects and illicit connections that result in high rates of rainwater and groundwater entering the sewer system. This is called infiltration and inflow, or I&I (I and I). For more info >>>
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Construction
The Lake Quivira Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation project is located in the City of Lake Quivira, Kansas. Existing sanitary sewers are located throughout the Lake Quivira community to provide sanitary service for residents. Because many of these sewer segments are approaching the end of their useful lives and/or do not meet current design standards to maintain and improve the level of service to the community, JCW plans to repair and upgrade many of the sewers throughout the community. For more info >>>
Completed
The DLSMB Co-generation Project is a result of expanded liquid treatment capacity at the Middle Basin Wastewater Treatment Plant, making additional solids processing capabilities necessary. Thus plans were developed to expand the anaerobic solids treatment system.
In May 2009, federal, state and local officials broke ground on the largest "green infrastructure" project in the State of Kansas to be funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009--nearly $18 million in a series of improvements to Johnson County's Middle Basin Plant.
The co-generation project is estimated to result in almost $600,000 in annual cost savings for Johnson County wastewater utility rate payers including power savings and reductions in sludge hauling costs, and reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by more than 9,700 metric tons from purchased power. For more info >>>