Broomfield recognized for Sheridan distribution line reuse project

 

Broomfield’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and the Utility Operations Division of the Public Works Department were recognized at the American Public Works Association’s (APWA) annual awards ceremony in January for the Sheridan Boulevard distribution line wastewater reclamation and reuse project in the APWA Water Treatment and Distribution - Medium Community category. 

Utility Operations Superintendent Dave Dalsoglio, Utility Project Coordinator Jeff Ruger, and CIP Project Manager Ronda Jo Ackerman-Alford received the award for their work on the project. 

The Sheridan reuse segment was part of Broomfield’s annual waterline replacement program.  The reuse system enables treated wastewater effluent from the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant to be collected and distributed to irrigate parks and other landscaped areas. 

The installation of 2,700 linear feet of 24-inch reuse distribution waterlines to serve northern Broomfield was done using horizontal drilling which resulted in fewer open-cut trenches, pavement cuts and areas requiring landscape restoration. 

A new, proprietary technology was used incorporating fusible PVC pipe that enables pipe lengths to be fused together creating a seamless piping system. The technology saved construction time, reduced boring and restoration costs, minimized disruption to the traveling public, required no street closures and substantially reduced traffic control efforts which would otherwise have been necessary.