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Project Location: KSU campus
neighborhood and east on S.R. 59
Project Budget: $300,000
Project Schedule:
Design
Start Date November 2007
Construction
Start Date
To be determined
Project Finish
To be
determined
High Service Area
The City of Kent’s water distribution system supplies roughly 3 million
gallons of water to its customers per day. The distribution system is divided
into two pressure districts, high pressure and low pressure.
Water is pumped to the high service area from a booster station to elevated
storage tanks on the west side of Kent State University. The high pressure is
isolated and maintained in the distribution system piping through the use of
check valves.
The low service area is supplied directly from the water treatment plant. The
high/low pressure boundary is mainly around the campus neighborhood and east on
S.R. 59.

Currently there are ten (10) direct buried check valves which isolate the
high pressure area from the low pressure area. These check valves allow water to
flow from the low service area to the high during emergency or peak demand
situations; i.e. supplying hydrants during a fire.
As a part of this improvement project, the existing check valves, installed
in the 1960’s, will be removed and replaced in a vault that will provide access
for periodic inspection and maintenance.
Also, as a part of this project, additional check valves will be installed to
reduce the high service area. There currently exists a section of the
distribution system, on the northeast side of the City that could be transferred
to the low-pressure district through the addition of check valves. Transfer of
this area to low pressure will reduce pumping costs.
Project Status:
The High Service Area project is currently in the design phase.
- Engineering is currently preparing construction specifications and bid
documents
- Utility coordination is on-going
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Contact: Rhonda Boyd, P.E., P.S.
Senior Engineer
Phone: 330-678-8106
Email:
boyd@kent-ohio.org |
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City of Kent
Department of Public Service
Division of Engineering |
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