Dewberry has announced that a new elevated water storage tank and water booster station expansion in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, has been constructed. Dewberry prepared a preliminary engineering report (PER) and provided design and construction services for the tank and 4.5-million-gallons-per-day (MGD) water booster station. The tank was designed by Dewberry in partnership with American Engineering Associates and was constructed by Landmark Structures.
Located at the Kill Devil Hills Fire Station, the new 400,000-gallon
elevated tank became operational on June 25, 2020 and the old tank was demolished
in October 2020. Dewberry’s services included hydraulic modeling to evaluate
the location, size, configuration, and operation of the new elevated tank and
to evaluate the existing water distribution system for water quality, pressure,
and fire flow availability. As part of the project, Dewberry developed a
calibrated water model of the Kill Devil Hills water system, including the Dare
County Water transmission main to allow for accurate modeling of the water quality
from the supply connection points to the individual customers in the Kill Devil
Hills water system.
“Kill Devil Hills is a beautiful community that attracts
visitors from all over each year,” says Dewberry Associate Vice President Dan
Villhauer, PE, LEED AP. “This $2.9-million project helps the town reliably
supply its visitors and community members with high-quality drinking water
while also increasing fire flow availability.”