Board Field Trip - December 10, 2008

The Board for Financing Water Projects (Board) made a field trip to view the Moapa Valley Water District Arsenic Treatment Project and Virgin Valley Water District Arsenic Treatment Project on December 10th, 2008. The water system projects were partially funded by the Capital Improvements Grant Program. Details of the water system improvements funded by the grant can be found by clicking the link under the image sets for each project. There were no scheduled public meetings during this field trip. The Board did not deliberate the projects, nor were any actions taken by the Board during this field trip.

Schedule:

  • 9:00 am - Site Visit to the Moapa Valley Water District - Arrow Canyon & Baldwin Springs arsenic treatment facilities (Brad Huza, General Manager, Moapa Valley Water District; Thayne Clark, P.E., Bowen Collins & Associates, Inc.)

  • 12:00 pm - Lunch in Mesquite

  • 1:30 pm - Site Visit to the Virgin Valley Water District - Treatment Plants 29, 31, & 32 (Mike Winters, General Manager, Virgin Valley Water District; Thayne Clark, P.E., & Mike Chandler, P.E., Bowen Collins & Associates, Inc.)


    • Return to Las Vegas for the evening.

    Readers Note: The pictures on this webpage were taken during the Board Field Trip - December 10, 2008. Place your cursor over the image to get a description. Click on the image to expand the view. Note that a new browser window will open for each new image that is viewed!

       Moapa Valley Water District

    Location map for the Arrow Canyon and Baldwin Springs arsenic treatment facilities Discussion of project at the Arrow Canyon facility. Arsenic treatment is achieved through an adsorption technology.




    Brad Huza, General Manager for the Moapa Valley Water District discusses the arsenic treatment facility at Baldwin Springs with Board member, Brad Goetsch Thayne Clark from Bowen Collins & Associates describes the treatment process


    To view further information on the Moapa Valley Water District project and photos of the water system, click the link below.

    Moapa Valley Water District - Arsenic Treatment Project



       Virgin Valley Water District

    Brad Huza, General Manager for the Moapa Valley Water District discusses the arsenic treatment facility at Baldwin Springs with Board member, Brad Goetsch Mike Chandler, Bowen Collins & Associates, discusses the Virgin Valley Water District arsenic treatment facility & the coagulation/filtration with chemical addition technology used for the removal of the arsenic


    View of the treatment vessels inside the facility View of the treatment vessels inside the facility


    To view further information on the Virgin Valley Water District project and photos of the water system, click the link below.

    Virgin Valley Water District - Arsenic Treatment Project



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