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Award: Construction management of a water reuse facility
Value: $200 million project cost
Location: North of Reno, Nevada
Clients: The city of Reno and the Truckee Meadows Water Authority
Walnut Creek, California-based Carollo Engineers will provide construction management services for the first water purification and reuse project in the state of Nevada, according to an April 8 announcement.
The $200 million Advanced Purified Water Facility, located north of Reno, will provide a local, drought-resistant water source while reducing reclaimed water discharge into Swan Lake by up to 2 million gallons per day, according to the announcement. The facility will also improve discharge water quality.
Carollo was hired by OneWater Nevada, a combination of the city of Reno and the Truckee Meadows Water Authority, as part of the region’s water conservation efforts.
“This groundbreaking project represents a significant milestone in long-term regional water sustainability and security,” said Keith Corcoran, Carollo Engineers vice president, in the news release. “Our team is committed to delivering expert construction oversight to facilitate completion of this critical initiative.”
Carollo’s work includes resident engineering, quality oversight and contract administration across multiple project sites, according to the announcement.
The construction team will also upgrade the Reno-Stead Water Reclamation Facility and build an export pump station, conveyance pipelines, finished water storage tanks and injection, monitoring and extraction wells. In addition, the project will include a potable water pipeline for future connection to the TMWA water system.
Construction is expected to break ground this summer and continue through November 2028, per the announcement.
The need for new water infrastructure is pressing — climate change and pollution are causing a water crisis in the Southwest, according to reporting from nonprofit newsroom Truthout.
The need is made all the more potent by the uptick in data center and semiconductor fab construction in the region. The facilities are notoriously water-intensive — large data centers, for example, can consume up to 5 million gallons of water per day, according to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute.
To that end, water infrastructure, which received low grades from the American Society of Civil Engineers in its latest report, has become an opportune field for both public and private builders such as AECOM, Zachry Construction and Jacobs.
