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RBF_Cover (for eps) - National Water Research Institute

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TBM Exit<br />

Construction<br />

Vertical Collectors<br />

Installedon 200-ft Centers<br />

<strong>RBF</strong> Pump Station<br />

Ohio River<br />

Existing B.E. Payne<br />

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

Capped Well Capped Well<br />

Clay<br />

Sand &<br />

Gravel<br />

Aquifer<br />

Bedrock<br />

Well Casing<br />

<strong>Water</strong> Table Level<br />

Wellscreen<br />

Tunnel<br />

Figure 3. Hard-rock tunnel concept using vertical collectors (Option 3).<br />

TBM Construction<br />

Existing Collector<br />

Well/Pump Station<br />

Approx. 2,000 ft<br />

Tunnel Extension<br />

(no wells)<br />

Existing Low Lift<br />

Pump Station<br />

Plan View 3A<br />

the “dry” side. This construction option would allow laterals to be maintained individually, while<br />

all other laterals remain in service. Figure 4 illustrates the “wet/dry” tunnel concept.<br />

Maintenance requirements <strong>for</strong> Option 2 would involve taking an entire caisson out of service <strong>for</strong><br />

lateral rehabilitation. This concept would reduce the effective capacity of the overall system by<br />

the capacity of an entire caisson, or approximately one-third of a three-caisson system.<br />

Option 3 would consist of individual wells that could be individually taken out of service and<br />

rehabilitated. A packer could be used to isolate the vertical collector from the tunnel. Based on<br />

maintenance considerations, Option 3 was preferred.<br />

3B<br />

To Pump<br />

Station<br />

Section View<br />

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