Rockwood Water, Sewer & Gas
Engineering & Mapping
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The Utility's Engineering and Mapping assists with planning for future utility (water, sewer, gas) improvements, assuring current utility improvements meeting quality standards, and maintaining maps and records of the utility infrastructure.
We are investigating several areas on our system which we
suspect are problem areas and are coming up with solutions and actions to make our utility work more efficiently.
INTERNAL
ASSISTS
IN PLANNING FOR UTILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS:
- provides the engineering plans, CAD drafting services, and specifications
- obtains permits
- assists with bid documents, agreements, and contract management
- maintains digital hydraulic models of Rockwood's utility systems to evaluate the impact of planned improvements
EXTERNAL
ASSURES UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS:
- reviews plans and works with developers and engineers on new projects for construction
- inspects the Utility improvement projects
MAINTAINS MAPS AND RECORDS OF THE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE
- maintains the new sevice connection information on the Utility's system maps
- Updates inprovements and additions to the Utility's system maps
The following are examples of some of the
work we are doing within our system.
One of our areas of investigation is our
Sewer System. We are smoke testing our entire system to find and respond to problems within our sewer system.
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Another one of our areas of investigation
is to Close Circuit Television (CCTV) our entire system to locate more accurately so we can repair the problems
more efficienty within our sewer system.
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We maintain our water system integrity by
performing periodic nightly surveys utilizing ultrasonic surveillance equipment.
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We perform comprehensive leak surveys on
our natural gas system, in accordance with the Department of Transportation rules and requirements, ensuring a safe and reliable
means of transporting natural gas from our supplier to our customer.
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