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
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.
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.
