Senate Engineering Company Responsibilities

Blawnox Borough and Senate began assessment of their sewage system in 2005 and have completed successive regions of the Borough for the past three and a half years. These regions have been broken down per year and by contracts (A,B,C,D).  Much of the fourth year work (Contract D) is currently ongoing in 2008.

The general scope of work for each contract includes:

- Dye testing of residential/commercial/public

  buildings and storm inlets

- Cleaning and televising of storm and sanitary

  sewer lines

- Manhole inspections (physical survey) and

  associated items

- Provide drawings, GIS maps, and

  specifications

Description of the project (Total of all Contracts):

Dye Testing (Resi/Comml Bldgs, Street Inlets) QTY

Structures (all types)

594

Inlets (downstream storm & sanitary lines)

169

Manhole Inspection

96

Cleaning of Sanitary Sewers

 

           Double Jet Cleaning

26,309 LF

           Heavy Debris Removal

240 HRS

           Root/Grease Removal

800 LF

Televising (CCTV) of Sanitary Sewers

26,309 LF

By-Pass Pumping

16 HRS

Break-in Lateral Connection Removal

20 HRS

Cleaning and Televising Storm Sewers

10,028 LF

 

 

TOTAL (Estimated as of 11/07):

$108,252.69

Case Study

Blawnox Borough: Consent Order Compliance

Sanitary Sewage System Inspection Project

Blawnox Borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

(Municipal Contracts, A,B,C,D)

Allegheny County Health Department / Administrative Consent Order

 

Background:

Blawnox Borough, much like Senate Engineering Company’s other “Consent Order clients”, are committed to comply with Allegheny County Health Department’s Administrative Consent Order. This decree requires municipalities to execute several tasks to assess their sewer systems under yearly deadlines.  In short, the major goal is to reduce inflow and infiltration into the ALCOSAN system and reduce combined sewer overflows and flooding within the region.  Senate Engineering Company undertook the responsibility of overseeing the inspection and inventory of Blawnox’s sewage system




A GIS Inventory Map of a section of Blawnox Borough's CCTV and Dye Testing Program under the Consent Order Program. GIS is used to keep track of and assess Blawnox's yearly progress  for these requirements.

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