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City of Fruitland

Fruitland Water Treatment Plant-Fruitland, Idaho
October 2007 through 2010.

Pharmer Engineering designed a new water system for the City of Fruitland, including 2.5 miles of transmission and distribution piping, a 1.2 million gallon storage reservoir and pumping station, a 3.2 mgd raw water intake pumping station, and a green field water treatment plant with a capacity of 3.2 mgd. The project was split into several packages, including several piping packages, a reservoir and pumping station package, a raw water pumping package, and a treatment plant package. The treatment plant treats surface water from the Payette River using membrane technology and all related infrastructure elements.
Total project budget is $14.8 million. The project will be completed in 2010.

Pharmer Engineering is responsible for project management, value engineering design modifications, on-site construction observation, and contract administration and startup. The project covered all aspects of a complex water treatment system.

The project involved process and design engineering, miscellaneous construction management, construction observation, monthly construction meetings, substantial completion certification, final completion certification, record drawings, startup, and operator training.

The principal elements consist of:

• Water Storage Reservoir and Pumping Station (by Irminger)-A 100-foot diameter x 26-feet tall bolted steel tank and a 42 foot x 28 foot cmu pumping building with 4 large pumps and 4 smaller pumps and all related mechanical and electrical equipment.







• Water Intake (by JC Constructors)-The intake is comprised of a subsurface water infiltration system below the Payette River, consisting of 18 stainless steel intake screens, each 75 feet long and an additional 6 stainless steel intake screens 12 inches in diameter and 45 inches long. The intake screens are piped to an intake pump building with three vertical turbine pumps and numerous actuated valves to allow cleaning of the intake system.






• Water Treatment Plant (by Performance Systems Inc.)-The water treatment plant is a 14,000 square foot block building with coagulation pretreatment, preliminary fine screening with pressurized fine screens, membrane filtration, granular activated carbon treatment, final disinfection, and high pressure pumping. The system also includes a cleaning system using acid and sodium hypochlorite to clean the membranes.