TYPES OF PROJECTS

Sewers - Waste Treatment and Hazardous Wastes

Sewers are probably the most important health protective utility that a city can have.  Because of the many divergent types of topography and services a sewer system is an individually designed and constructed network of drainage lines to service all of the important needs of the community.  Not too many years ago, the only type of a material considered for sewer lines was clay pipe.  Reiss & Goodness Engineers originally adopted the use of ABS, PVC systems, and polyethylene pipe as an important step forward of better materials that would last a lifetime and give service beyond human comprehension.  Downstream from the collection system is the sewage purification plant and on that the firm of Reiss & Goodness has designed a large 3 MGD plant at Mustang, Oklahoma that represents the forefront in secondary and tertiary treatment for larger cities.  Mustang, Oklahoma is a community adjacent to Oklahoma City who originally discharged into the Oklahoma City plant, but because of financial cost gouging by Oklahoma City they decided to build their own plant.  That plant was built in 1991 and combined the most up-to-date, computerized operation of a mechanical sequential batch reactor type of plant because it was necessary to produce effluent qualities in the realm of 5 BOD, 5 suspended solids, and 3 ppm ammonia. 

Besides the regular gravity sewer systems available, the firm originally spearheaded the design and construction of pressure sewer systems.  Pressure sewer systems have a grinder pump at each point of use and pumps through small size lines to the sewage disposal plant.  Since the polyethylene pipe was an excellent gas pipeline facility it was decided to use it for work in the high pressure sewer system field and it proved to be excellent.

WATER

Water distribution systems have been analyzed and designed by the firm on a daily basis both in large cities, such as Wichita, and down to the smallest rural water district.  The rural water district concept was developed by Reiss & Goodness Engineers in 1976 and at the present time we have developed 56 rural water systems, large and small.  Water systems firmly have to be served by water storage tanks and standpipes and can also run the gauntlet of a water supply from wells or a water treatment plant from a lake or stream.  The firm in years gone past have developed lakes of 300 acres size to small 50 acre size and then developed the treatment plant to process water out of the lakes.  Presently the firm is developing a water filtration plant that is primarily mechanical and is condensed to the point that it is not required to have a very highly trained operator to operate the treatment plant.  This small filtration type of plant is highly adaptable for communities that use spring water or have a high quality of water in a stream or lake that can be directly processed through filtration before it is put into the system.  The filtration process removes turbidity, giardia, and most bacteria.  Chlorination is necessary to give the final polishing to the water as it leaves the filtration plant.  This type of plant is highly adaptable for a small community and is very economical to run.

HAZARDOUS WASTES STUDIES AND REPORTS

Reiss & Goodness has made various studies of hazardous wastes and has been involved in the disposal and mitigation of all hazards on this type of hazardous exposure. 

      A.  Property Assessment for Hazardous Wastes

• Phase 1 - Nonintrusive survey and records research report.
• Phase 2 - Sampling of soils and water and report assimilation ofhazards.Phase
• 3 - Cleanup and project reports to close-up the hazard status.

       B.  Environmental Assessment and Compliance Audit for industries

  and commercial establishments as set out by EPA guidelines.

STREETS

Street systems as such would include grading and drainage systems including EPA permits and Water Resources permits and approvals.  Streets as such could be urban or rural type design and include different pavements such as concrete-hot mix or -seals.

NATURAL GAS SYSTEMS

We design, inspect and construct natural gas systems for communities and operate the systems if necessary.  Gas buying and adjustments administratively are also capable of being handled by the company as well as code compliance with the DOT national codes.

SURVEYING

Surveying includes planning for subdivisions inclusive of drainage and the administrative tasks that go with the filing procedures until a final plat can be utilized.  Along with the planning procedure we also do recreational planning and design and in the past have designed swimming pools, ball diamonds, driving ranges, and park systems.  Surveying, whether it be for a complicated plotting subdivision or a simple lot survey, is carried out with work and precision and then checked so that the client can be assured that the correct points have been set and everything is in readiness for final acceptance and construction.