Aquaria LLC, Water Transmission Pipeline for the Taunton River Desalination Plant

Project Manager: Joseph Bettencourt
Engineer: Metcalf & Eddy, AECOM
Client: INIMA, USA Corporation
Construction Cost: $22,500,000
Construction Schedule: November 2006 - March 2008

The project included the furnishing and installation of approximately 82,600 linear feet of 20-inch cement-lined ductile iron water main; 300 linear feet of 12-inch and 16-inch CLDI; and 6,400 linear feet of 8-inch water main. The project also involved temporary and permanent street restoration, a meter vault, 7 pipe bridge crossings, railroad jacking, the installation of a railroad bed ballast, and wetlands restoration. The pipeline extended from North Dighton to Brockton, MA providing water from the first Desalinization Plant in Massachusetts.