La Jolla Recharge Basin
- Location:
- Anaheim, California
- Value:
- $2,878,662
- Completion:
- 2008
- Owner:
- Orange County Water District
- Contractor:
- Fleming Environmental Inc.
Butier Engineering, Inc. provided construction management and inspection services for the construction of the 6-acre wetted-area recharge basin. The project involves the following components:
- Demolishing existing at-grade structures across the 8.6-acre property
- Excavating and hauling 83,000 cubic yards of soil to construct a 6-acre wetted-area recharge basin
- Recharge inlet facilities consisting of an inflatable rubber dam, concrete foundation and downstream riprap and associated facilities for dam inflation and deflation
- Creek outlet structure with automatic debris screen, solids handling and associated facilities
- Approximately 100 feet of 30-inch steel CMLC pipe with motor-operated isolation valve and flow meter
- Basin inlet structure
- Recharge basin outlet facilities, consisting of 100 feet of 36-inch steel CMLC pipe; basin outlet structure with sluice gate; creek inlet structure with flap gate; and wetwell, sump pump, and associated discharge piping and appurtenances
- Control building and facilities consisting of a concrete block structure with 8 foot by 10 foot interior space containing a stilling well and dam automatic deflation device, blower for dam inflation, and MCCs and PCLs for aforementioned facilities
- All electrical and instrumentation, including video surveillance cameras and lighting
