Known as Water Conserv II, the project revolves around a complex system of treatment, pumping, and distribution facilities and groundwater recharge to irrigate more than 10,000 acres of citrus groves with reclaimed water. For its engineering efforts in support of Water Conserv II, Boyle received the American Council of Engineering Companies’ highest honor, the prestigious Grand Conceptor Award.

Boyle developed a master plan for the project and has designed many important elements, including the $23-million Southwest Water Reclamation Facility and a handful of pump stations that look like homes. Boyle’s master plan for WICC outlined a dual water system that limits potable water to indoor uses and allows the city of Cape Coral, Florida to satisfy the water-use demands of a rapidly growing population. Significant features addressed in the master plan included more than 120 miles of transmission main and 2,000 miles of distribution pipeline.

Boyle’s role in the project included the development of a scheme and hydraulic model for the distribution system, and also serving as the lead consultant for final design, including the treatment plant, source water pump station, and conversion of an existing potable pumping and storage facility to reuse.

The Denver Water Reuse plant is a conventional water treatment plant using an unconventional source to serve non-potable customers. The plant uses a multiple barrier approach, similar to those used in potable water treatment plants, including flocculation and settling of particles, filtration, and disinfection.

A Boyle-developed master plan for the distribution system included information on the demands and multiple infrastructure alternatives for meeting demands (pipelines, pump stations and storage). The recommended alternatives consisted of more than $50 million dollars worth of construction.