West Suburban Water Commission

Justice, IL
Bai Engineers served as the hydraulic model for the Water Distribution System Master Plan project and as a sub-contractor to Farnsworth Group Inc.

Completion Date: March 2015
Key hydraulic modeling components
included:
  • GIS-based model
  • Water demand allocation based on automatic meter reading data
  • 2014 maximum day demand (MDD) is 4.1 million gallon per day (mgd)
  • Future (2030) MDD is 6.5 mgd
  • Extended-period simulation (EPS) model using WaterGems
  • Four pressure zones with one water master meter (reservoir)
  • Operation optimization study with extensive scenarios and alternative simulations
  • Pipe sizing analysis using WaterGems build-in tools such as “Alternative Manager” and “Scenario Manager”
  • Operation dashboard built using EPSNet
  • EPSNET tools kit and DBA coding
BE’s Role:
Hydraulic analysis using WaterGems, GIS-based modeling, and EPS model calibration