West Fargo Redundant Master Lift Station Technical Memorandum and FEMA BRIC Grant Application

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Key Features

  • Conceptually designed a system to prevent catastrophic infrastructure damage and environmental contamination
  • Conducted extensive research on wastewater flows, projected population trends, future land use, and construction costs
  • Developed site layouts for proposed locations of the Redundant Master Lift Station (RMLS)
  • Ensured the ability to expand the system as the City of West Fargo expands
  • Resulted in securing a FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Scoping Grant to support the project

Sector

Municipal Planning & Engineering

Location

West Fargo, ND

Status

Ongoing

Client

City of West Fargo Public Works

  • About The Project

    The City of West Fargo has one Master Lift Station (SA-40) collecting wastewater from 9,920 acres within city limits and pumping it to the Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) in Fargo. In the event of a failure at SA-40, there is no redundancy in the system to handle wastewater flows while the failure is addressed, which would lead to catastrophic infrastructure damage and environmental contamination. To prevent this, the City of West Fargo plans to implement a Redundant Master Lift Station (RMLS) capable of handling current wastewater flows with the ability to expand to support higher flows as the city expands.

    This project involved researching wastewater flows in West Fargo and comparing this to projected population trends to establish per capita wastewater flows necessary to size the proposed RMLS. It considered new land available for development due to the construction of the FM Diversion Project. In addition, this project also included the creation of a site layout for each location proposed for the RMLS to determine the most beneficial location as well as provide an opinion of the total cost of construction. This project secured a Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Scoping Grant offered by FEMA to mitigate risk to public lifelines. Burns & McDonnell served as a technical advisor to Burian & Associates on this project.