Concrete Reservoirs Repairs and Improvements
- Owner: City of Glendale
City of Glendale provides approximately 30,000 acre-feet per annum of potable water to more than 200,000 residents and businesses through its water distribution system. Its potable water system includes multiple pressure zones, 30 reservoirs and tanks, 28 pumping plants, and 400 miles of water mains.
As part of the City’s on-going maintenance and improvement plan for the existing infrastructure for the water distribution system, evaluation, repairs, and improvements of several existing reservoirs have been performed. In the last several years, the City has engaged Perliter & Ingalsbe for providing engineering services for evaluation, repairs, and improvements for the following.
- Chevy Chase Reservoir 14.4 MG
- Glorietta West Reservoir 12.0 MG
- Brand Park Reservoir 10.2 MG
- Park Manor Reservoir 3.5 MG
Major Components and Special Features:
Collectively, these projects have included the following:
Analyses and Evaluations:
- Field visit and investigation to assess existing conditions of the facilities and damages.
- Field sampling and laboratory testing of material, including concrete reinforcement, and soil.
- Engineering analyses, calculations, and evaluations to determine adequacies and deficiencies of variety of components and material, including:
- Structural damage, including concrete walls, floor, slabs, columns, beams, foundations
- Cracks in concrete
- Slope erosion and failure
- Pipe damage
- Asphalt pavement failure
- Drainage system
- Water leakage
- General site features
Solutions and Design:
- Develop solutions and perform design (where applicable) to rectify the existing condition, including the following:
- Strengthen structural components including walls, columns, foundations, and structure as a whole
- Removal and replacement of partial or complete structural components
- Repair cracks and stop water leakage
- Repairing corroded reinforcement
- Applying shotcrete to strengthen concrete components or protecting reinforcement
- Repair slope failures and improvement of subsurface condition
- Installation of new retaining walls
- Installation of new drainage facilities such as ditches, curb, and gutters
- Repairing damaged pipe
- General site improvements
