East Larimer County Water District

Fort Collins, CO
Bai Engineers served as the hydraulic model for the East Larimer County Water District (ELCO) Water Distribution System Master Plan project.

Completion Date: May 2015
Key hydraulic modeling components
included:
  • GIS-based model
  • Water demand allocation based on automatic meter reading data
  • 2014 maximum day demand (MDD) is 21.7 million gallon per day (mgd)
  • Future (2030) MDD is 38.5 mgd
  • Extended-period simulation (EPS) model using InfoWater
  • Six pressure zones with two water supply sources (reservoir)
  • Operation optimization study with extensive scenarios and alternative simulations
  • Pipe sizing analysis using InfoWater build-in tools such as “Facility manager” and “DB Querry”
BE’s Role:
Hydraulic analysis using InfoWater, GIS-based modeling, and EPS model calibration