City of Rapid City

Stony Creek Booster Station | Rapid City, SD

West Plains Engineering provided mechanical and electrical design for a new water pump and booster station in south Rapid City.  The project included the heating and cooling of the building and equipment.  A new electrical service along with a diesel back-up generator was designed to serve the booster station pumps and process equipment.  A new control system with RTU was designed to monitor and control the booster station equipment.

 A 500 hp well pump with variable torque drive was installed along with three 100 hp booster pumps.  These were fed by a 1600A MCC.  Alternating pump controls were added for both fluoride and chlorine pump systems.  An 800 kW outdoor back-up diesel generator with sound attenuated enclosure was used for emergency backup upon a utility outage.

Exhaust ventilation was installed for a fluoride storage room.  A single stand-alone air handling unit was installed for heating and cooling of the equipment. 

A new process control system was installed along with a remote radio telemetry unit, RTU, to communicate with other sites.  The process control system included both digital and analog signals for both control and monitoring of valves, pumps, and other chloride and fluoride systems for water processing.