杏吧论坛

The City of Saskatoon engaged 杏吧论坛 as their engineering consultant to provide design, construction administration and commissioning of the McOrmond Drive Reservoir and Pump Station. The new facility meets Saskatoon鈥檚 growing need for potable water with increased storage and pumping capacity. Designed to meet a wide range of water demands, we implemented a fully redundant pumping system, advanced process controls, and used computational fluid dynamics modeling to optimize reservoir design for maintaining water quality. It also has energy efficient systems and future solar power readiness. This project delivered a resilient and future-ready water infrastructure solution for Saskatoon.

Building for future demand

The City of Saskatoon鈥檚听vision for the听McOrmond听Drive Reservoir听and Pump Station听was to build a facility today that considers water demand听30听years into the future听and beyond. This required our team to plan for听water demands from听7 ML/d to 138 ML/d once that area of the听City听is fully built.听Our team designed a fully听automated听facility that听responds to听changes in demand and adjusts听pumping systems听to meet the full range of demands while听maintaining听operational efficiency.听Careful space planning means the equipment layout and building footprint are suited to future needs and听additional听equipment can be added with greater ease.听

Enhancing resilience听

In addition to meeting the demands of the surrounding neighbourhoods, the McOrmond Drive Reservoir and Pump Station can support two additional distribution system service zones if they are at reduced pumping capacity. These two service zones operate at different pressures, also known as hydraulic grade lines (HGL), which adds additional complexity. 

Reliability and redundancy was achieved for all equipment and systems impacting the storage and delivery of water to the distribution systems. 

Meeting client funding needs听

We delivered the project under a tight timeline to meet Building Canada Fund deadlines. By accelerating the design and tendering process, construction started earlier in the season which improved construction efficiency. Our comprehensive commissioning provided a smooth transition to live operation with minimal issues.听