Water Treatment Plants

• Town of Silt WTP
• Red Sky Ranch WTP
• Carbondale Roaring Fork WTP
• Mesa Verde WTP Improvements
• Saddle Ridge WTP
• Salida WTP Improvements
• Rifle GMWTP Chlorine System Improvements
• Rifle GMWTP Pretreatment Improvements
• Rifle GMWTP Intake and Raw Water Pump Station
• Colorado State Parks Rifle Gap SP WTP Improvements
• Aspen East and West WTP Improvements - 8 MGD
• Glenwood Springs Red Mountain WTP Improvements - 8 MGD
• Carbondale Nettle Creek WTP
• Rifle Beaver Creek WTP

Wells and Wellhouses

• Basalt Well #11
• Ranch at Roaring Fork Well #3
• Aspen Glen and Coryell Ranch Water System

Distribution System Infrastructure

• Aspen Glen and Coryell Ranch Water System
• ERWSD In-Line Booster Pump Station Improvements
• Mt. Crested Butte Prospect Pump Station
• City of Rifle Water Storage Facilities
• W/J Ranch Water Storage Tank
• Salida Hot Springs Waterline Replacement

• USEPA DBP Comprehensive Performance Evaluation Protocol Development
• Red Sky Ranch WTP
• Mesa Verde WTP
• Carbondale Roaring Fork WTP
• City of Rifle Water Quality Improvement Project

SGM's Warren Swanson and Brad Zachman also have extensive experience with previous employers in bench-/pilot-scale testing and modeling of advanced treatment technologies in both research and consulting settings.

• New Castle Water Treatment Plant Optimization Study
• Rifle Beaver Creek WTP Improvements
• Colorado State Parks Rifle Gap SP WTP Improvements
• Rifle GMWTP Pretreatment Improvements
• USEPA DBP Comprehensive Performance Evaluation Protocol Development

SGM staff members have very strong working relationships with CDPHE Water Quality Control Division regulators. We have a consistent record of obtaining quick, first-time-through design approvals and regularly receive very positive performance feedback.

• Colorado State Parks Rifle Gap SP Brine Ponds Approval
• Mt. Princeton HOA Fluoride Compliance Program
• City of Rifle RO Brine Discharge Approval
• Stage 2 D/DBP Rule Initial Distribution System Evaluation (IDSE) monitoring plan preparation for:
  • Eagle River Water and Sanitation District
  • Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority
  • City of Rifle
  • Town of Rangely
• We have also obtained CDPHE Potable Water System Construction Approval for numerous small client-led design-build improvement projects
• Regulatory compliance planning is standard in our approach to water treatment facility planning and water system master planning

• City of Rifle Water Quality Improvement Project
• UERWA Cordillera Water Quality Monitoring Project
• We routinely recommend and coordinate appropriate sampling and analysis programs implemented by client staff members or subcontractors to support treatment and compliance project work

• Detailed hydraulic simulations are standard for our water system master planning and distribution system design projects
• We utilize the latest version (8.0) of WaterCAD distribution network modeling software
• We are well-versed in the application of both static and dynamic simulations for planning, design, operations and water quality analyses
• We strive to find solutions that balance distribution water quality and water storage needs
• We use hydraulic models to design distribution system flushing programs (conventional and UDF) for water quality optimization
• We maintain, update, field test, calibrate and run water distribution system hydraulic models for many of our municipal and district clients
• We maintain our own hydrant flow testing equipment capable of attaching to both 2-1/2" and 4-1/2" hydrant nozzles

• Vail Water Master Plan
• UERWA Water Master Plan
• Rifle Water Master Plan
• Skyland Metro District Water Master Plan
• Buena Vista Water Master Plan

• We regularly develop water CIPs for the clients of whom SGM serves as the official Engineer of Record
• We often provide water CIP development assistance as follow-on work to our water infrastructure master planning projects
• In developing CIPs, we strive for a balance between constructing projects comfortably in advance of regulations and growth and constructing projects earlier than is fiscally responsible or feasible
• We carefully consider funding and construction timelines

• City of Rifle Conservation Plan

• We regularly assist the clients for whom we serve as the Engineer of Record in developing or updating water rate/fee schedules
• Though each utility's situation and goals are unique, we often advise clients to implement inclining block rate or other "conservation-oriented" rate schedules to encourage wise resource use and control infrastructure costs
• We encourage utilities to implement full-cost pricing for long-term financial sustainability and reduced reliance on outside funding for mission-critical improvements
• Recent rate studies include:
  • Roaring Fork Water and Sanitation District

• Water Utility Branding garners community support for appropriate investment in water and wastewater infrastructure to achieve long-term system sustainability
• Water Utility Branding is based on:
  • effective, efficient communications with customers
  • favorably increasing a utility's visibility in the community
  • establishing community trust in the utility enterprise
  • high utility performance and great client service
  • "living" other utility-specific goals/values
• We partner with John Ruetten, a water/wastewater utility branding expert, of Resource Trends and founder of the Utility Branding Network to bring customized utility branding planning, training and support services to our small system clientele
• Rifle Utility Branding Consulting

• For clients of whom SGM serves as the Engineer of Record, we routinely evaluate developer-proposed water system extensions
• We are strong, successful advocates for our clients in this process
• We push the development community to construct infrastructure in the same way water utilities do; we provide strong technical rationale to advocate for safe, reliable, accessible, enduring, operator-considerate infrastructure that maintains high water quality and that fits with the community's character

SGM regularly assists many of its clients in the acquisition of grants and low-interest loans from:

• Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA)
• Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB)
• Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE)
• USDA Rural Development Assistance Program
• Colorado River Water Conservation District (CRWCD)
• Other state, federal and non-profit entities