BEI is responsible for the contract operation and maintenance of the Prunetree Shopping Center water system. This shopping center in Prunedale, CA has two wells for water supply plus two 50,000 gal storage reservoirs. The water does not require disinfection. BEI is responsible for the operation of the water system, certifying the backflow prevention valves, monitoring and reporting of the water quality to the Department of Public Health and preparation of the Annual Small Water Systems Report and Consumer Confidence Report.
Anzar High School, San Benito County, California
Under contract to the School District, BEI provides complete operation and maintenance services for the Anzar High School water treatment and distribution system. The water supply is from two wells. BEI is responsible for disinfection of the water supply, and monitoring and reporting of the water quality.
Hollister Ranch Estates Subdivision, San Benito County, California
Under contract to the Water Company (owned by the water users of the subdivision), BEI provides complete operation and maintenance services for the Hollister Ranch Mutual Water Company water treatment and distribution system. The water supply is from two wells. BEI is responsible for disinfection of the water supply, and monitoring and reporting of the water quality.
Union Heights Mutual Water Company, San Benito County, California
Under contract to the Water Company (owned by the water users of the subdivision), BEI provides complete operation and maintenance services for the Union Heights Mutual Water Company water treatment and distribution system. The water supply is from one well. BEI is responsible for disinfection of the water supply, and monitoring and reporting of the water quality.
Dunneville Estates Subdivision, San Benito County, California
Under contract to San Benito County, BEI provides complete operation and maintenance services for the Dunneville water treatment and distribution system. The water supply is from two wells. The treatment system removes manganese using greensand filters. BEI is responsible for the removal of manganese, disinfection of the water supply, and monitoring and reporting of the water quality.
La Honda Pescadero Unified School District, California
BEI provided engineering design for a transmission pipeline to provide potable water to the La Honda Elementary School in La Honda , California. The transmission pipeline consisted of flow metering, a backflow prevention device, a booster pump station, and over 3,000 feet of 4-inch pipeline. The design also included a jack and bore under Highway 84. The control system was designed to maintain 60 pounds per square inch water pressure at the school.
Cuesta La Honda, California
BEI provided engineering design for a surface water treatment system to provide high quality water for potable use in an area with a creek and spring water supply. The treatment system consisted of a membrane filter system followed by chlorination. The control system was designed to provide control screens on a desk top computer to allow data logging of the important parameters and easy downloading of the data to reports for submittal to the Department of Health Services. The project also included sizing and design of a 250,000 gallon reservoir and permitting.
City of Alameda, California
BEI was retained by a Easy Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) to trouble shoot an existing pump station to supply water for the fire system at the Alameda Naval Air Station in the City of Alameda. The project scope included determining how the pump station operates, preparing an Operation and Maintenance manual for the station, performing necessary repairs to make the pump station operable, perform regular pump tests, perform daily inspections of pump station, and providing on-call maintenance of the pump station. BEI personnel inspected the electrical and control systems to determine how the system was designed to operate. Necessary repairs were identified and completed to bring the pump station into compliance with current Health regulations. The system was started up and tested. Finally an O&M manual was prepared to provide detailed instructions on operations and maintenance procedures and a standard operating procedure developed for regular tests of the system.
City of Pleasanton, California
BEI was retained by a private developer to design a 1.4 million gallon steel tank and improvements to an existing pump station to supply water for the upper pressure zone of the Ruby Hill development in the City of Pleasanton. The project included preparation of plans and specifications for the tank, site improvements, addition of three 50 HP pumps to an existing pump station and related electrical and control systems. Control of the pumps is provided by a radio telemetry system that is linked to a central control system at the City of Pleasanton Utility Center. A detailed hydraulic analysis that included the water supply system to the pump station as well as the piping between the pump station and storage tank was carried out to confirm pump selection and assure the City that the system would perform efficiently under all expected operating conditions.
Private Estate, San Benito County, California
In order to provide high quality water for potable and irrigation use in an area with highly mineralized groundwater, BEI planned and designed a reverse osmosis water treatment system. Brine disposal is by percolation to an aquifer that is not connected to the one supplying the water to the system. The project included preparation of plans and specifications for the reverse osmosis treatment system, piping, valves and controls. Following construction, BEI was retained to operate and maintain the system.