B&L provided engineering planning, design, and construction phase services for a major upgrade of the Village's water system including developing a new groundwater source and over 2 miles of pipeline. Key site development design components included a well house incorporating an efficient vertical turbine well pump, fluoridation and chlorination facilities, and an emergency generator. This project was named "Project of the Year" by the Central New York American Public Works Association.

City of Saratoga Springs

As part of a comprehensive program to meet long-term water supply needs, the City of Saratoga Springs implemented an Ultraviolet Radiation (UVR) disinfection process at its Excelsior Avenue Water Treatment Plant. The new disinfection process, which utilizes UVR for primary disinfection and sodium hypochlorite (i.e., chlorine bleach) as a secondary disinfectant, has the capacity to disinfect up to 11 million gallons of water per day prior to its distribution to City water customers.

While UVR has been used to disinfect drinking water for years on a small scale, the Saratoga Springs water treatment plant is one of the first in New York State to utilize UVR for primary disinfection of a public water supply that draws its water from a surface water source (i.e., lake or stream). Recent advances in the technology have made it possible for UVR to be used to effectively and efficiently disinfect public drinking water supplies on a much larger scale.

Town of Richland

B&L was retained by the Town of Richland to prepare an engineering study to develop a water supply source and a distribution system to provide public water service to approximately 300 residential and commercial properties throughout the Town and one trailer park with 178 sites. B&L prepared engineering design plans and specifications for the proposed Water District No. 1 and Extension No. 1 water supply, treatment, and distribution system project. This project included the development of groundwater source wells, distribution storage tanks, and distribution water system piping and appurtenances.

Town of Owasco

B&L provided engineering design and construction phase services for replacement of the Town’s water treatment plant and upgrade of their intake facilities.  Services provided for the Town have involved zebra mussel control facilities; replacement of the raw water transmission main; raw water pumping system upgrades; treatment pilot testing; new rapid rate filtration system including chemical feed facilities, packaged upflow clarification/rapid rate filtration, disinfection clearwell; sludge freeze/thaw lagoons; radio-based SCADA control system; and related improvements.

City of Oswego

B&L completed a comprehensive evaluation of the City of Oswego’s Water Treatment Plant to define the plant’s capacity, and developed a plan for increasing the plant capacity from 17 mgd to 27 mgd.  The Oswego plant is a conventional rapid rate filtration plant that treats water from Lake Ontario.  Capacities of individual unit process, hydraulic conveyance systems, electrical system, and overall treatment capacity were evaluated.  The improvement plan included raw water pumping system improvements, flocculation and clarification system capacity improvements, addition of a new filter, and disinfection improvements.