KMPUD Water System Analysis

Over time KMPUD’s water distribution system has been added to and modified without a master plan and engineering oversight.  Currently, the well pumps pressurize the entire system to fill the tanks and the entire system operates under a single pressure zone with pressures exceeding 150 psi at the lowest elevations in the system.  Many customer pressure-reducing valves are required and the system is unnecessarily stressed.  KMPUD retained Bailey Civil Engineering to analyze the system, confirm the accuracy of existing system maps, amend as required, and provide analysis and recommendation of priority projects and project options to restore the system to multiple pressure zones with separate well pump transmission to tank fill lines.