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A Determination of the Cost of Delivering Lake Michigan
water to the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Through Existing

Supply System

A Thesis Submitted to
The Faculty of
MICHIGAN STATE COLLEGE

of

AGRICULTURE AND APPLIED SCIENCE

by

Thomas B. Newberg
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Candidate for the Degree of

Bachelor of Science

July 19h8

Purpose;

To determine the average total cost per gallon of supplying
the city water filtration plant at Grand Rapids, Michigan with
water from.Lake Michigan through the supply system which has
been in operation since August of l9h0. The fiscal year 1947
( June 30, 1947 to July 1, 1948 ) will be used as the basis

for calculations.

Description;

The accompanying Plan and Profile map of the portion of
the‘water Supply System under consideration shows the main
intake located at a point 6200 feet out from the lake shore.
This intake consists of a 54 inch steel pipe elbow turned up
and protected by a 36 foot square heavy timber crib. The top
of the intake is approximately h2 feet below the.nean surface
of the lake.‘water admitted by the intake flows through the
5A inch intake pipe to a wet well surrounding the lakeshore
pumping station, entering the wet well at an elevation of 560.00
feet above M;S.L., which is 18 feet below the Lake Michigan
surface elevation of 578.00 feet, MQS.L.. Two emergency intakes
are located on the intake line between the main intake and the
shoreline. The intake line is constructed of 5A inch steel and
concrete pipe, anchored and supported by concrete saddles at
120 foot intervals, and connected at the joints by rubber gaskets

and steel rings.

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The wet well consists of a cylindrical shell 6.5 feet wide,
70 feet in diameter and 42 feet in depth, the bottom elevation
being 552.00 feet above MQS.L.. The 45 foot (inside diameter)
cylinder which forms the inner wall of the wet well houses the
lakeshore pumping station, the pump intake level being at 556.00
feet elevation. Normal depth of water in the wet well with no
pumps operating is 26.00 feet, with a drawdown of approximately
11 feet during maximum pumping operation.

In the lakeshore pumping station there are five vertical
pumps, the pump floor being at elevation 560.00 feet M;S.L.,
and the motor floor being at the high water elevation of 584.00
feet MQS.L., 5 inch pump shafts are suspended from.bearings on
the motor floor. The pumps are of the following ratings and

operating heads;

#1-- lA.M.G.D. 220 Foot Head
#2- l7 M.G.D. 235 Foot Head
#3- 21 MiG.D. 255 Foot Head

#h- 25 M.G.D. 280 Foot Head

#5- 31 M.G.D. 325 Foot Head
Maximum capacity is obtained by operating #4 and #5 pumps simul-
taneously. This combination supplies 52.7 M.G.D. to the filter
plant at Grand Rapids, provided the booster station at Allendale
is in operation. A supply of 33 MiG.D. is provided by operating

the #5 pump only, with no boost required.
Automatically operated cone valves are set between the

pumps and the header pipe, which header feeds into the main

transmission line. Valves open or close in approximately thirteen

minutes to prevent water hammer. Surge valves are located at
the junction of the header and the main transmission line. A
venturi is located in the first fifty feet of the transmission
line from which lines run to a control board inside the pump-
ing station, indicating pressures and volumes of water being
transmitted. Hourly readings are tabulated.

From the lakeshore pumping station the water is transmitted
through a A6 inch Lock Joint steel and reinforced concrete pipe
along highway M950 right-of—way to a booster station located
one-half mile west of Allendale, Michigan. During periods when
more than 33 M.G.D. are being transmitted to the filter plant,
the booster station is operated, the water being byhpassed
from.the transmission line, through the booster pumps, and bank
to the transmission line at increased pressure. The booster
station pumps are of the following ratings and operating heads;

#1 -- 11+ M.G.D. 200 Foot Head
#2 -- 21 M.G.D. 210 Foot Head
#3 - 25 M.G.D. 225 Foot Head
#h -- 31 MiG.D. 235 Foot Head

From the booster station the water flows under pressure
through the transmission line Easterly along M550 to highway
M9114, thence North along Mkllh to the highest point on the
line, as indicated on the Profile map..This highest point is

168 feet above the lakeshore station pump level. Gravity flow

then carries the water by the circuitous route shown on the

accompanying map, around the Northwest section of the city of
Grand Rapids, into the city at Richmond Park, and across Grand
River to the city filtration plant located on Monroe Avenue
and Sweet Street.

Man holes and valves therein are located as shown on the

accompanying Profile map.

History;

On may 12, 1938, the city commission of Grand Rapids, Mich-
igan initiated a survey to determine the feasability of obtaining
water from.Lake Michigan for city use in place of the then present
Grand River source of supply. The main reason stated for the
move was that during periods of high consumer use, the fire
demand supply was dangerously low, and it was feared that with
the inevitable growth of the city, the Grand River source would
be insufficient within a period of a very few years.

In June of 1938 the city commission entered into an agree-
ment with the Federal Government, whereby a water supply system
improvement including the procurement of water from.Lake Michigan
would be financed fiftybfive percent by the City of Grand Rapids
and forty-five percent by the Public works Administration of
the United States.

The city commission then floated a bond issue of $2,255,000.00
in $1,000.00 bonds at 2.82% interest, maturing as per the follow-

ing schedule;

Principal

$70,000.00
70,000.00
70,000.00
80,000.00
80,000.00
85,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00
90,000.00

90,000.00

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Maturity Date

8-‘51

8-‘52
8-‘53
8451+
8-!55
8-'56
8-‘57
8-‘58
8-‘59
8-‘60
8-'61
8-‘62
8-i63
8461.
8-‘65
8-‘66
8-'67
8-‘68

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P.W.A. Project #1587-F included the construction of additional
reservdirs and pipelines within the city of Grand Rapids which
do not enter into the cost of delivering water from.Lake Mich-
igan to the Grand Rapids filter plant.

Wbrk on the Lake Michigan to Grand Rapids pipeline was

begun in May of 1938 and completed in August of l9h0.

Determdnation of Costs;

Plant Costs

 

'Water transmission line, 30.6 miles in length, A6 inches in
diameter. Steel tube with reinforced concrete on inside and
outside; Lock Joint type.
Materials -—- $1,292,893.00
Laying -- 750, 911.49 $2,043,804.49
Contractors -

Lock Joint Pipe 00., East Orange, New Jersey

Dowding Trucking 00., Flint, Michigan

Price Brothers, Dayton, Ohio I

Fry and Kain, Lansing, Michigan

Intake pipe, 6200 feet in length, 54 inches in diameter. Steel.
Materials and Laying -- 234,6l2.00

Contractor -

Lyon Construction Co., Whitehall, Michigan

Valves.

7 - 24 inch cone valves (manual oper.)

3 - 24 inch cone valves (manual & auto)

3 - 24 inch cone valves (manual and

automatic with water level control)

18 - 4 inch needle relief valves

Contractor -

$29,925.00

16,845.00

16,680.00

4,500.00 $67,950.00

Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., Indian Orchard, Hassachusetts.

Pumps,

including motors.

5 vertical pumps at Lake station.

1..

1 -

l

1 -

14 M.G.D. 220 Foot Head
17 MQG.D. 235 Foot Head
21 M.G.D. 255 Foot Head

25 M.G.D. 280 Foot Head

a horizontal pumps at Allendale

1..

1-

1th.G.D. 200 Foot Head

21 M.G.D. 210 Foot Head

1 - 25 M.G.D. 225 Foot Head

1..

31 M.G.D. 235 Foot Head

Less 10%

station.

Pumps - Herthington Pump Co., Harrison,

motors -‘Westinghouse Electric Co.

$515,700.00
16,500.00
22,093.00
22,800.00
26,359.00

 

103,452.00

$ 7,135.00

9,000.00
13,000.00
161993.00
43,228.00

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New Jersey

$132,012.00

Lakeshore pumping station.

Substructure -- 8 95,300.00

Superstructure - 68,450.00

Piping, valves,

installing equipment,

Setting pumps. 116,200.00

Less 6% 16,797.00 $263,153.00

Contractor -

Owen, Ames, Kimball 00., Grand Rapids, Michigan

Allendale booster pumping station.

Building -~ $55,200.00

Piping, valves,

installing equipment,

setting pumps. - 76,600.00

Less 55% ’ 7,249.00 124,551.00

Contractor -

Owen, Ames, Kimball Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan

Electrical starting equipment, switchboards, etc.

Lakeshore station -- $59,329.00

Allendale station -- 43,159.00 102,488.00
Contractor -

Clement Industrial Electrical 00., Grand Rapids, Michigan

Engineering costs.

Consulting Engineers -- $115,766.34
Plans and Specifications(extra) 20.16
Survey, Test borings, etc. - 2,878.95
Supervision and inspection - 37,113.60
Supplies and misc. - 2,173.62 157,952.67

Consulting Engineers -

Consoer, Townsend, & Quinlan, Chicago, Illinois.

Legal and Administrative costs. 13,384.80

Lands, Right-of-way, and Easements.

 

 

 

Lakeshore station site -- $11,500.00

Booster station site -- 250.00
Right-ofaway and Easements -- 30,091.40 41,841.40
Interest during construction. 104,094.99
Total Plant Cost - $3,285,844.35
Less 45% paid by P.W.A. 1,478,629.96
Total Plant Cost to City -- 1,807,214.39

Useful life of Plant - 50 years -

Depreciation - 2%.

Total Plant Cost to City per year -~ $36,144.29

 

 

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Maintenance Costs
Pipeline maintenance ---

Labor ( 12 Operators, l Supt. ) --

Qperating,0verhead

Pension ( 4% of Labor ) -
Office ( 5% of Labor ) -
Transportation ( 1 vehicle ) -

Fuel, Grounds, Telephone, etc. -

Bonds
Bonds maturing in 1947, applicable
to this project --

Interest on outstanding bonds -

Power Costs
13,421,600 KWH electricity -..

( See chart )

Insurance

 

Property insurance cost --

Taxes

State taxes --

City taxes ( to General Fund ) --

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01,380.37
_35,910.40 1537.290.77

1,795.52

1,720.43
633514056 11:206093

360,000.00
58,092.00 118,092.00
$120,518.83 120,518.83
81,116.30 1,116.30

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Summary of Costs
Total cost of water delivered to Grand Rapids
Filter Plant during fiscal year 1947 -—- $348,068.91

Total quantity delivered -- 10,636,160,000 Gallons

 

Total Cost per gallon 500.000032725_

 

 

Bibliography:
Grand Rapids'flater'Jorks personnel - Hr. L.J. Troske

mr. J.P. DeKorn ( Supt. )

Grand Rapids City Commission Proceedings (1938 to 1947)

Office of Grand Rapids City Engineer

Office of Grand Rapids City Comptroller and Auditor

Office of Grand Rapids City Clerk

Office of Grand Rapidd City Treasurer

Consoer, Townsend, and Associates, Consulting Engineers, Chicago.

Grand Rapids Press - Issue of January 1, 1940.

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Lake Michigan Hater Supply Current and Pumpage Costs
June 30,1947 to July 1,1948

Lakeshore pumping station and Allendale booster station totals.

Period of Bill Kilowatt-hours Power Cost Pumpage ( M.G. )

 

 

6-30-1947 ”
7-30-1947 1,367,200 $12,243.90 947.790
7-30-1947
8—29-1947 2,460,800 21,894.69 1,313.735
8-29-1947
9-30-1947 1,167,200 10,474.60 952.150
9-30-1947
10-30-1947 908,000 8,186.53 816.105
10-30-1947
11-28-1947 816,000 7,374.96 746.870
11-28-1947
12-30-1947 822,400 7,427.71 811.840
12-30-1947
1-30-1948 825,600 7,456.18 794.195
1-30-1948
2-27-1948 793,600 7,178.72 735.760
2-27-1948
3-30-1948 843,200 7,600.74 809.655
3-30-1948
4929-1948 838,400 7,570.52 792.780
4-29-1948
5-28-1948 944,000 8, 500.95 801.405
5-28-1948
6-30-1948 115355200 14,609.43 11l130875
13,421,600 $120,518.83 10,636.160

 

 

 

 

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