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10<br />

Ohio River<br />

Pump Station<br />

Collector Well<br />

19-ft Diameter<br />

Drop Shaft<br />

4-ft Diameter<br />

Based on the results of the subsurface investigation, the construction of either type of tunnel<br />

system (soft ground or bedrock) was determined to be feasible.<br />

Maintenance Considerations<br />

Collector<br />

Well<br />

Collector<br />

Hard Rock<br />

Hard Roc Rock Tunnel unnel<br />

Lagoon<br />

200-ft<br />

Diameter Laterals<br />

11 per Collector Well<br />

7-ft Diameter<br />

Tunnel<br />

Existing<br />

Collector Well<br />

Lagoon<br />

Existing 48-Inch<br />

Raw <strong>Water</strong><br />

Transmission Line<br />

Lagoon<br />

Lagoon<br />

Pump Station<br />

32-ft Diameter Shaft<br />

Existing (2) 60-Inch Diameter<br />

<strong>Water</strong> Intake Pipes<br />

New 54-Inch Raw <strong>Water</strong><br />

Transmission Line<br />

200-ft<br />

Diameter Laterals<br />

11 per Collector Well Sand and<br />

Gravel<br />

24-ft Diameter<br />

Shaft<br />

in Bedrock<br />

Collector Well<br />

19-ft Diameter<br />

8+00 4+00 0+00<br />

Figure 2. Hard-rock tunnel concept using horizontal collector wells (Option 2).<br />

Existing B.E. Payne<br />

<strong>Water</strong> Treatment Plant<br />

Ground<br />

Surface<br />

Bedrock<br />

Plan View 2A<br />

One of the unique challenges of Option 1 would be the long-term maintenance of collector<br />

laterals. Over time, it is anticipated that the laterals would need to be cleaned to restore their<br />

yield, as would be the case with any well screen. Several options were considered that would allow<br />

individual laterals to be taken out of service <strong>for</strong> cleaning while the rest of the tunnel system<br />

remained in operation. The selected option consisted of a “wet/dry” tunnel system, with water<br />

being conveyed through carrier pipes in the “wet” side and O&M being per<strong>for</strong>med from within<br />

Clay<br />

Drop Shaft<br />

4-ft Diameter<br />

Section View 2B

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