To ensure reliable water supply to the northwest communities of Oakland County, Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) had proposed to construct a new water pumping station with a firm capacity of 70 MGD, and a 10 MGD reservoir under Design- Build project delivery system.

METCO was retained by GLWA as their ‘Oversight Consultant’ to prepare proposal documents for Design/Build and to provide Owner ‘Oversight’ Consulting Services during the Bidding, Design and Construction phases of this project.

The key features of this project include:

• Land Acquisition Assistance
• MDEQ permit procurement
• Approximately 12,000 Sq. ft. of pumping station
• New two (2) – 13.6 KV DTE power feed
• Three (3) Line Pumps and two (2) Reservoir Pumps
• 10 million Gallon, above ground, precast concrete reservoir
• Three (3) 800 HP, medium voltage pulse width modulated Variable Frequency Drives
• 3,000 LF of 16-inch water main extension
• 5 MVA Primary Power Substation for the new facility
• Complete ‘Ovation’ based control system for remote/local control and monitoring of the pump station