FORCE MAINS:

NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN
ASSETS

WEFTEC 10 Bryon Livingston, P.E. – Black & Veatch

New Orleans, Louisiana Alireza Parhami, P.E. – Black & Veatch
October 2–6, 2010 Stacy Gallick – Johnson County Wastewater
 Force Mains: Not-to-be-forgotten assets

Introduction

z Force Mains in a Collection System

z Overview of Johnson County’s System
z Coordination With Asset Management Plan
z System for Evaluating Force Mains

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Force Mains in the Collection System

– Not Like the Other Pipelines

z No Access like Manholes in the Gravity System

z No Periods of Low Flow to Inspect or Maintain
z No Excess Capacity or Redundant Pipeline to Take
Out of Service
z Failure Can Create Dramatic Consequences
z Sink Holes
z Not Just Overflows
z Pressurized System

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Catastrophic Events

“Failed Sewer Causes Street To Collapse” – St. Louis 2009 “This is Break No. 5” – Richmond, ON 2002

““Sewage Flowing Directly to Lake - Can’t Save 3 Homes” – Muskegon, 2007

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Many Factors Impact Service Life of a Pipe

Soil
Characteristics
External Loads
Soil
Temperature Traffic
External Corrosion
Overburden

Contraction
Loads

Internal Corrosion

Water Characteristics

Bedding Condition and Material

Leakage
Movement
Design and Construction Practices

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Johnson County Wastewater –

Asset management plan

z 2008 Developed Asset Management Plan

z Completed A Basic “Level 1” Review Of Most
Facilities
z Process Identified The Need For Additional
Information On Force Mains
z Force Mains Not The Typical Asset In The
Collection System

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Background information

z Johnson County Wastewater (JCW) Serves

Communities In Northeast Johnson County Kansas
z System Contains 40 Miles Of Force Mains
z Sizes Vary From 4” To 42”
z Materials Primarily Ductile And Cast Iron With Some
PVC, HDPE And PCCP

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Service area

z Serves 500,000
Customers
z Multiple Sewer
Districts
z 32 Lift Stations
z 2,100 Miles Of
Collection System
z 60 mgd Treatment
Capacity

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JCW’s asset management plan

z Established Process For Management Of Assets

– Treatment Plants, Lift Stations, Collection
System
z Established Rating And Terminology
z Identified Force Mains Required Unique Process

When Establishing an Asset Management Plan – Remember

to Allow For Modifications Based on Better Data

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Asset management - method to

manage force mains
z Recognized Lack Of Data On Force Mains
z Actual Location Of Pipe In The Alignment
z Condition Of The Pipe
z Required Procedure To Prioritize And Establish
Methods For Collecting Data For Condition
Assessment
z Consistent With Existing Process
z Recognized Force Mains Require A Unique
Procedure

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Force main procedure

z Inspection Prioritization Based On Risk Analysis

z Provide Procedure For Collection Of Data
Routinely And By Inspection
z Compatible With Asset Management Plan
Methodology
z Develop A Priortization Matrix That Is Flexible And
Easy To Use

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Prioritization matrix

z Based Upon Risk Analysis Process

z Probability Of Failure (POF)
z Consequence Of Failure (COF)
z POF X COF = RISK
z Modified To Include Redundancy
z POF X COF X REDUNDANCY = Business Risk
Exposure

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Factors for probability of failure

z Pipe Length
z Pipe Material
z Pipe Age
z Pipe Break Data
z Multiple Material In Pipeline

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Probability of failure factors

Each
Parameter is
Weighted

Ratings
Established For
Each
Parameter

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Factors for consequence of failure

z Pipe Diameter
z Pipe Alignment
z Pipe Physical Location
z No Manholes To Locate Pipeline
z Estimated Duration Of Service Interruption
z Land Use Adjacent To Pipeline

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Consequence of failure factors

Each
Parameter is
Weighted

Ratings
Established For
Each
Parameter

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Priority ranking results

POF x COF x
Redundancy =
Business Risk
Ranking

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Force main inspection priorities

z Provide A Numerical Ranking Based On Business

Risk Exposure
z Method Allows Adjusting Of Weighting On Factors
To Meet Specific Concerns
z Revised in the Future Based on Data Collected

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Inspection and condition assessment

procedure
z Develop A Standard Approach For Inspection Procedures
z Inspection Plan
z Evaluate Leak Detection
z Conduct Testing And Inspection
z Evaluate Data To Complete Condition Assessment
z Identify Inspection Technologies For Various Pipe Materials
z Ductile And Cast Iron
z PVC And HDPE
z Pre-stressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP)

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Relationship to asset management plan

z Builds Upon Level 1 Assessment Data

z Establishes Priorities For Force Mains Inspections
z Results Of Condition Assessment Compatible With
Existing Plan
z Provides The Condition Of The Pipe For Managing
As An Asset In Future Planning

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Capital planning with results

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Implementation of procedure

z Determine Priority Inspection From Matrix

Evaluation
z Collect Data And Conduct Inspection Of Pipeline
z Complete Condition Assessment Based On Field
Data
z Prioritize Pipeline For Rehabilitation Or
Replacement

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Collection of data

z Implement Data Collection In Operation Work

Orders
z Following Form Developed From Review Of Several
Utilities
z Simple Is Better
z Complete Inspections Of Priority Pipelines
z Update Gis Information From Gathering Efforts

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Work order data

collection

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Conclusions

z Force Mains Require Unique Procedure In The

Asset Management Plan
z Condition Assessment Is A Difficult Task
z Prioritization of Pipelines Results in Better
Management of Assets

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 Questions?
Bryon Livingston, P.E.
Email: livingstonb@bv.com

Stacy Galick
WEFTEC 10 Email: stacy.gallick@jcw.org
New Orleans, Louisiana
Alireza Parhami, P.E.
October 2–6, 2010
Email: parhamia@bv.com

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