West Gloria Switch Road Ground Storage Tank and Pump Station
Location: Carencro, LA
Client: Lafayette Utilities System (LUS)
Project Size: 750,000 gallon
Construction Cost: $1.7 million
Wharton-Smith installed a 750,000 gallon water storage tank to help maintain pressure in the existing distribution system. The project also included installation of a recirculation system with a hypochlorite injection system, two 1,100 GMP high service booster pumps to transport water from the storage tank into the distribution system, and one 780 GPM pump to backwash the existing water filters at the plant.
