17607_PMAA_Authority_June_2024

66 The Authority | June 2024 Atlas Technical Consultants Becker Engineering, LLC C.S. Davidson, Inc. Deluzio & Company, LLP Environmental Engineering & Management Associates Gilmore & Associates, Inc. Hanover Engineering Associates, Inc. HDR Engineering, Inc. Keystone Alliance Consulting, Inc. Miller Environmental, Inc. Mobile Dredging & Video Pipe, Inc. Mott MacDonald, LLC Portnoff Law Associates, Ltd. Remington & Vernick Engineers A&H Equipment Co........................................................... 56 Babst Calland. ................................................................... 50 Bankson Engineers, Inc..................................................... 31 Carroll Engineering Corporation....................................... 23 Clark Hill PLC..................................................................... 12 Core & Main LP................................................................. 63 Coyne Chemical Environmental Services.......................... 28 Entech Engineering, Inc.. .................................................. 15 FieldForce Rentals, Services & Sales................................. 26 Gibson-Thomas Engineering............................................. 28 Greenman-Pedersen, Inc.................................................. 53 Gwin, Dobson & Foreman Engineers................................ 45 Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, PC................. 45 Hawke McKeon & Sniscak LLP........................................... 15 Herbert Rowland & Grubic, Inc......................................... 20 Keystone Insurers Group................................................... 9 KLH Engineers, Inc............................................................. 12 LB Water. .......................................................................... 52 Legal Tax Service......................................Inside Front Cover Lennon, Smith, Souleret Engineering, Inc......................... 59 McQuaide Blasko, Inc........................................................ 56 MRM Trust................................................Inside Back Cover PennBid............................................................................. 20 PIRMA............................................................................... 33 PLGIT....................................................................Back Cover PMAA Member Benefit Programs..................................... 38 PMAA UC Trust.................................................................. 4 RETTEW............................................................................. 49 Stephenson Equipment..................................................... 53 Synagro Technologies, Inc................................................. 3 VADAR Systems, Inc.. ........................................................ 17 Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP.............................. 9 Marketplace ...................................................64 A dvertiser ’ s I ndex Mayor Tom Riel, who introduced Casey, and Steve Disney, executive director of the Bradford City Water Authority, thanked the senator for his efforts on the grant petition. Disney noted the $1.5 million will enable the authority to install a series of gate valves all along the 5.5- mile route of the original 24-inch transmission main, providing means to quickly shutdown a segment of the main line — and connecting lines — to prevent massive loss of water in the system. Disney said all new gate valves will be pinpointed on the authority's GIS mapping, which will allow for quick locating of each valve in an emergency. All new valves will also be routinely “exercised” to ensure they all stay in good operational condition. With several workers and staff of the water authority looking on, Disney recounted the water emergency that resulted from the February 2015 main break. Because of the magnitude of the break and the lack of operational gate valves, the stored 5.5 million gallons of water drained away in less than two hours. “Flow rates out of the break were estimated at over 30,000 gallons per minute,” he said, later adding, “And, by the way, it was 22 degrees below zero.” Disney expressed gratitude for the community, state agencies and especially the water authority employees for their “heroic efforts” during the state of emergency. “Since that time we have been implementing countermeasures such as installing remotely operated valves at Reservoir 4 and our Kendall Avenue tank that can be closed or throttled back, to salvage the stored water at these facilities in the event of a catastrophic water main break,” Disney said. The authority also installed a 24-inch insertion-style valve on Center Street just below School Street, while it implemented a $13 million dollar project utilizing low-interest loans through PENNVEST in 2020 to install a second 24-inch transmission main from the water treatment plant feeding directly into Reservoir 4. S Source: Permission granted for reprint by the Bradford Era. Bradford article continued from page 55.