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Were backup pumps included in any city provided FDDs?

Posted by Joe Conen on 8 Oct, 2014
Category: Category 2 - about potential recommendations

It is my understanding that some of the initial FDDs performed for the city included backup pumps (water powered, I believe). Can the city provide information about this?
I am specifically interested in any available information regarding the following:

Joe

Comments

Patricia Marten on 8 Oct, 2014:

Yes, they were provided in the pilot study.  I asked this question earlier, after talking with a Dicken resident, at a public meeting, who had one. 
I've been searching the Q&A log, don't find it at the moment, but believe 10-11 homes got water back ups and a separate meter and free water.  The SSO study wanted everyone to back ups but that got cut, after approving the FDD plan.  If that comm knew it would get cut might have recommended the upsizing and storage, which was a very close second option.

Jim Osborn on 8 Oct, 2014:

Up sizing fixes a street, but then more water is transported to other neighborhoods downstream. It costs a fortune to upsize all the way to the WWTP. We had studies that showed this, and we discussed it.

Peter Houk on 22 Oct, 2014:

During the last CAC meeting I asked whether other communities had included backups as part of their programs.  I haven't heard an answer about that yet. 

Nick Hutchinson on 22 Oct, 2014:

OHM is working on this and is preparing a summary of what other communities are doing.

Lori Byron on 7 Nov, 2014:

A. As part of the initial Sanitary Sewer Overflow Study performed in 1999-2000, there were approximately 10 pilot footing drain disconnections performed to review the removal efficiency of removing flow from disconnected footing drains in residential homes.  These homes had disconnections performed and sump pumps and monitors installed with data reviewed for 6 months to assist with the project review and preparation of the report.  Initially, these homes had their sump pump discharges directed to the lawn outside the homes.  These were subsequently directed to the storm drainage system the next summer.

This work was done under the CDM Smith SSO project contract, and included installation of backup sump pumps in many cases as an enticement to volunteers to have the work performed.  This work was done as a data gathering effort.

And regarding the question about other communities with FDD programs and backup pumps, a summary was posted here in Basecamp. The document is also on the SSWWE website, on the LIbrary page at the top: 

http://www.a2gov.org/departments/systems-planning/water-resources/sanitary-sewerproject/Documents/Ba…