The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) announced that the Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD), of North Central Texas has earned the Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system’s Silver award for their Line J, Section 1 Pipeline project. The pipeline was designed by Freese and Nichols, Inc., a charter member of ISI. The Tarrant Regional Water District accepted the award from ISI President and CEO, William Bertera, during the Sept. 23 Board of Directors Meeting.
The Envision Silver award-winning project is a 2 mile, 108-in. diameter pipeline delivering water from the Kennedale Balancing Reservoir directly to the Arlington Outlet, dedicating a significant amount of water demand from the existing pipelines, and allowing the District to meet future demands at the Rolling Hills Water Treatment line, and locations further west. The water delivered to the Arlington Outlet can be either piped through the existing discharge facility, or go through to the new hydroelectric facility.
“The TRWD pipeline project received the ISI Envision Silver award because of its areas of high achievement in the quality of life for communities in the area that have experienced drought conditions, as well as the stimulation of sustainable growth and development due to increased water demands in one of the fastest growing communities in the U.S.,” said ISI President and CEO, William Bertera. “The TRWD has also provided effective leadership and commitment to begin and implement sustainable practices, and significant efforts have been undertaken by the District to put their commitment into action,” Bertera said.
Shelly Hattan, the Line J project engineer, said, “TRWD is very proud of our achievement of infrastructure sustainability as recognized by the ISI Envision Silver award. This pipeline provides increased system reliability to area customers, and is designed to accommodate future water supplies in the area. The evaluation of this project by the industry’s leading sustainability rating system shows that TRWD is expanding our continued commitment to sustainable practices.”
The Envision system measures sustainability in infrastructure projects through the measurement of five categories: Quality of Life (QL), Leadership (LD), Natural World (NW), Resource Allocation (RA), and Climate and Risk (CR) that contribute to overall credits for the positive social, economic and environmental impacts in a community in the planning, design and construction of infrastructure projects.
Source: American Public Works Assn.
