Energy services company NORESCO announced it has been engaged to deliver $100 million in treatment upgrades for the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) at its Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) in Detroit.
NORESCO is a provider of comprehensive energy and water efficiency, resiliency and infrastructure solutions. Structured as a continuation of an existing progressive design build contract, the scope of this Phase 2 of the project will provide GLWA with a new screened final effluent (SFE) pump station and treatment facility, along with other improvements.
Successful use of progressive design build contracting can improve project efficiency, reduce costs and shorten schedules for major construction projects. This collaborative approach involves the owner, designer and builder working together from the beginning. GLWA initially worked with NORESCO to perform a preliminary energy audit, which led to Phase 1 of the project and design of the upgrades to be delivered under Phase 2.
The new facility replaces the existing, aged pumping station, with a new, right-sized facility with a capacity of 60 million gallons per day (MGD) to provide SFE for uses that do not require drinkable water. A second stream, which is new to the facility, is planned at a capacity of 4 MGD and consists of reuse water filtered and disinfected to replace potable water for process needs in the facility.
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The purpose of the Phase 2 scope is to improve resiliency at the WRRF by increasing the reuse of treated wastewater for process water uses. Following completion of the project, most process water uses will be supplied by reuse water, with potable water as a backup.
“We are pleased to continue serving GLWA and its objective to match resource use to demand needs while improving GLWA’s facilities, increasing reliability and reducing operating costs,” said Troy Walters, President and CEO, NORESCO. “The infrastructure upgrade project, especially modernizing the nearly fifty-year-old SFE pump station, addresses this objective through equipment rehabilitation and system resilience improvements.”
For more information about NORESCO and its services, visit noresco.com.
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) provides drinking water services to nearly 40 percent and wastewater services to nearly 30 percent of Michigan’s population.
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