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Engineering Evaluation of a Treatment System for Village of Warwick Well #3 Project

This project entailed performing an engineering evaluation to determine the best option for providing an additional water source to the Village of Warwick. Options evaluated for the backup source included Well #3 or the development of another new well. Well #3 has an average yield capacity of 250 GPM and can yield up to 400,000 GPD. Well #3 was known to be GWUDI and needed either treatment or pumping to the microfiltration plant before use as a primary source.

Additional options included the development of alternate wells, construction of an entirely new treatment plant, and construction of a water main connecting the new well with the existing treatment plant. KC performed a preliminary investigation and presented a recommendation to the Village. KC also prepared a prelimary design concept, capital and life cycle cost analysis, and an engineer’s report for the preferred option.

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Wallkill Water System Interconnect Project

The Town of Wallkill is located in close proximity with two adjoining municipal water systems. During emergencies, the City of Middletown and the Village of Goshen share their water. KC, as the Town of Wallkill Engineer, located a suitable grant and successfully pursued the grant application that provided a 25% grant with zero interest loan for the construction of municipal water interconnections.

Upon receipt of the grant, KC worked closely with the Town in negotiations for an intermunicipal agreement between both the City and the Village, as well as assisted the Town with securing the required permits and approvals. All municipalities required the interconnections to function as full-flow connections with bi-directional meters and pressure-reducing valves. The interconnections also needed to allow the interconnection pits to be isolation points.

The connection with the Village of Goshen was configured to allow water to be sourced at one municipality’s well field and treated at the others’ treatment plants, which are located in close proximity to each other. Two connections were made with the City of Middletown to feed the two zones in the City and three zones in the Town of Wallkill due to its proximity to the Town’s booster pump station. KC designed metering vaults and site plans for various locations, as well as prepared contract documents and technical specifications for the project. The connections, once installed, will be able to provide service to three water districts from a combined total of 27 sources benefitting a combined population of over 50,000 people.

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Town of Bethel Receives Grant Funding from the NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation

The Town of Bethel, with the assistance of KC Engineering and Land Surveying, P.C. (KC) as Town of Bethel Town Engineers, has successfully applied for and received two zero-interest loans from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) section of the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation (NYSEFC) for the Town.

This refinancing of approximately $3.5 million in loans, which are presently at market rates and will now be interest-free for up to 30 years, will allow the Town of Bethel to realize important savings on 2 critical projects for the Town’s wastewater infrastructure.

The first project is the Phases 1 and 2 rehabilitation of the Kauneonga Lake Sewer Collection System, which was constructed in the 1940s and is in need of repair. The second project is the construction of a new septage receiving station to supplement the Town’s wastewater plant’s organic processes and bring the plant up to optimal working condition. Both projects were designed and overseen by KC, and the loans are expected to close in December of this year.

“This critical funding from the NYSEFC will allow the Town of Bethel to complete projects needed to ensure that our community has an affordable, sturdy, and sustainable wastewater system that will last for generations,” said Town of Bethel Supervisor Mr. Daniel Sturm.

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Town of Wallkill Receives Cost-Saving Infrastructure Hardening Grant and Loan

KC Engineering and Land Surveying, P.C. (KC), as Town of Wallkill Consulting Engineers, has successfully applied for and received a 25% grant and 75% zero interest loan through a grant program funded by the Federal Disaster Relief Appropriations Act designed to fund projects that reduce future storm damage risk and enhance resiliency for natural disasters.

As the Town was presently working on a project to modernize its water system and provide a centralized data acquisition and management system, KC researched the grant and loan to see if the Town qualified and aided in the application process for the modernization project.

A system-wide modernization and installation of a supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA) has been installed to monitor all of the facilities that serve the Wallkill Consolidated Water District, which will allow for faster emergency response times and remote monitoring of critical system processes. This project, which received about $716,000 in grant funding and about $2.2 million from a zero interest loan, will be completed in the fall of 2015.

This will provide the Town with a net financial benefit of $2 million, between the grant funding and loan interest savings, on a project that was already planned and being implemented. The Town is currently pursuing a second project through this program, which will provide emergency water through interconnections to adjoining water systems. This project will provide water connectivity to the Town of Wallkill, Village of Goshen, and City of Middletown to increase their resiliency in the face of natural disasters and other emergencies.

"This grant and loan funding from the Federal Disaster Relief Appropriations Act will allow not only the Town of Wallkill to improve our water infrastructure through our water modernization project, but will also allow the Town of Wallkill, Village of Goshen, and City of Middletown to become more resilient to water emergencies through the water interconnectivity project," said Town of Wallkill Supervisor Mr. Daniel Depew. "If a natural disaster or some kind of water emergency occurs, all three municipalities will be able to utilize the adjoining water systems to provide for the water needs of its residents."

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​​​NYSERDA NY Prize Stage 1 Grant Award

Congratulations to the Village of Wappingers Falls / KC Team in receiving funding from NYSERDA's NY Prize Competition in Stage 1. The Village intends to use this generous grant to increase its resiliency in the face of natural disasters and emergencies and to improve Village infrastructure overall. This Stage 1 award gives us the opportunity to conduct feasibility studies. At the end of this stage, there will be further competition for Stage 2, Design, and Stage 3, Construction.

In the 42nd volume, 6th issue of the Hudson Valley Hornet, a Dutchess County newspaper created by Charles McCluskey, Village of Wappingers Falls Mayor Matt Alexander talks about upcoming projects in the Village utilizing the grant money it recently was awarded from the NY Prize, Stage 1. We look forward to the many successful projects ahead of us!

To read more, you can download the article below.

Click here to learn more about our award, and to read more about the NY Prize overall.