To ensure a reliable water supply for its customers, the Lehigh County Authority (LCA) needed a solution to increase system redundancy, including close coordination with numerous stakeholders on an accelerated schedule. This presentation focuses on the practical and manageable approach to designing and constructing LCA’s emergency interconnection successfully.

In 2017, the town of Middletown, Maryland, replaced its ground impoundment storage reservoirs. These reservoirs dated back to the 1890s and provided water to 5,000 residents. Constructed and online since early 2021, the town storage is now provided by a split-cell AWWA D-115 concrete tank, which sits in the footprint of the old reservoirs’ embankment. This presentation will delve into what it took to bring a 19th-century storage facility into the modern era, including capacity analysis, tank technology evaluation, and the use of 3D modeling and virtual reality for the as-built process.

Join Greg for a detailed discussion of rate structures, rate design, and single tariff pricing. He’ll discuss the pros and cons of various rate structures, including inclining blocks, declining blocks, usage allowances, minimum charges, customer charges, and flat rates. He will also explain the single tariff pricing rate consolidation concept and the benefits it can provide a utility.

There are an overwhelming number of components to the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the funding available through this legislation. This presentation will break down the components related to water, wastewater, and stormwater, including some of the more obscure funding opportunities. The session will include details on who is administering the funding, who is eligible, priorities of the budget, and the types of funding (grant/loan) available.