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D ecem ber31, 2003
1 1 s. J e n n ife rJ \. \V h ita k e r, P .E .
C h ie f E n g in e e r
R iv a n n a W a te r & S e w e r J \u th o rity
6951100res Creek Lane
C h a rlo tte s v ille , V irg in ia 2 2 9 0 2 -9 0 1 6
R E :
C o m m u n ity W a te r S u p p ly C a p ita l P ro g ra m
S o u th F o rk R iv a n n a R eservoirD re d g in g R e v ie w
D e a r1 1 s . W h ita k e r:
R iv a n n a
W a te r
a n d
S ew er
J \u th o rity
(R W SJ\)
h a s
c o n tra c te d
w ith
G a n n e tt
F le m in g ,
Inc.(G F) to
re v ie w
th e
d re d g in g
in v e s tig a tio n s p e rfo rm e db y
o th e rs fo r th e S o u th F o rk
R iv a n n a
R eservoir
(S F R R ),
a s s e s s
th e
lik e ly
o u tc o m e s
a n d
te c h n ic a l
a n d
e c o n o m ic
im p a c tso fdredging, and provide com m entary on anticipated success.
Recent w ork perform ed by others to assess options for increasing the storage in the SFR R
c u lm in a te d
in
th re e
re p o rts
in c lu d in g :
D ra ft
T e c h n ic a l'M e m o r a n d u m
o n
S o u th
F o rk
R iv a n n a
R e s e r v o ir
D r e d g in g
P r o je c t
c o m p le te d
i n
1 1 a rc h
2 0 0 3
b y
O 'B rie n
&
G ere
(O & G );A n a ly s is
o fA lte r n a tiv e s fo r
R iv a n n a
W a te r
a n d
S e w e r A u th o r ityc o m p le te db y
V anasse H angen B m stlin, Inc. (V R B ) in February 2000; and R ecom m ended A lte r n a tiv e s
A n a ly s is R e v is e d D ra ft c o m p le te d b y V R B in 1 1 a y 2 0 0 1 .
G F u tiliz e s th e te rm in o lo g y a n d
d a ta c o n ta in e d in th e s e re p o rts fo r th e p u rp o s e so fth is re v ie w .
GF has not assessed the
a c c u ra c y
o f
th e
r e f e r e n c e d
re p o rts
o r
d e te rm in e d
th e
a p p ro p ria te n e s s
o f
a c tiv itie s
c o n d u c te d b e y o n d th e c o m m e n ta ry in th is re p o rt.
Reservoir storage discussed herein

is based on the "useable" storage definedb y these reports tob e above the low est gate on the in ta k e .

J \na s s u m p tio ni s o fte n m a d e in sa fe y ie ld a n a ly s is th a t n o t a ll w a te r d o w n to th e
lo w e s t g a tei s" u s e a b l e " .
This issue w ill be addressed in detail in theG F raw
w a te r m o d e l
re s u lts re p o rt s c h e d u le d fo r J a n u a ry 2 0 0 4 c o m p le tio n .
The SFR R w as first filled in 1966 anda t th a t tim e h a d a p p ro x im a te ly 1 ,7 0 0 m illio n g a llo n s
o fto ta l
s to ra g e
a n d
1 ,2 5 0
m illio n
g a llo n s
o fu s e a b l e
s to ra g e .
B ased
u p o n
re c e n t
b a th y m e tric s u rv e y s , it is e s tim a te d th a t th e c u rre n t u s e a b le s to ra g e v o lu m e
at S F R R
is
a p p ro x im a te ly 8 0 0 m illio n g a llo n s , a n e a rly 4 0 %
re d u c tio n
in c a p a c ity d u e to
sedim ent
a c c u m u la tio n
o v e r th e p a s t3 5
y e a rs .
D u rin g th a t p e rio d
s ix b a th y m e tric
surveys were
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M s. JenniferA . W hitaker, P.E.
p e rfo rm e d .
A rangeo f8 m illio n g a llo n s p e r y r. (m g /y r) to 2 5 .7 1 m g /y r in v o lu m e lo s t w a s
o b s e rv e d fo r fiv eo fth e s tu d ie s (w h e n c o m p a re dt o th e p re v io u s stu d y ).
T he last study
conducted in 2002 show ed an increase in the storage volum eb y 5 m g.
I ti su n c e rta ini f
th is
s u rv e y
in d ic a te s
a true
c h a n g e
in
c o n d itio n s
or sim ply
a n
a n o m a ly
d u e
to
s u rv e y
te c h n iq u e s o r o th e r n a tu ra l c o n d itio n s .
A sd e p ic te d
in th e a tta c h e d F ig u re , th e
a v e ra g e
s e d im e n ta tio n ra te c h a n g e is 1 5 .1 4 m g /y r.
A s
n o te d
in theS o u th
F o r k R iv a n n a
R eservoir
W atershed
re p o rt b y A lb e m a rle
C o u n ty
W atershed M anager, Stephen B ow ler, the SFR R
has higher suspended solids and
lo w e r
w a te r c la rity th a n
c o m p a ra b le re s e rv o irs n e a r C h a rlo tte s v ille .

S e d im e n ta tio n a t th e ra te e x p e rie n c e da tS F R R is g e n e ra lly m o re s e v e re th a n e x p e rie n c e d in s im ila r s e ttin g s in th e e a s te rn

U .S .
M r. B ow ler also
n o te d th a t th e ra teo f s e d im e n ta tio n a p p e a rs u n re la te d to
d e v e lo p m e n t in th e d ra in a g e\ue000
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M a in te n a n c e d re d g in go f w a te r s u p p ly re s e rv o irs is
a ls o
u n u s u a l.
H ow ever,
th e
s e d im e n ta tio n
ra te s
a p p e a r
a c c u ra te
a n d
f a ir ly
c o n s ta n t.
P re v io u s
in v e s tig a tio n s
in d ic a te
in c re a s e d
e ro s io n
c o n tro l
i n
th e
w atershed
w ill
n o t
s ig n ific a n tly re d u c e
s e d im e n t.
C o n tro llin g
th e
s e d im e n t in flo w
is u n lik e ly a n d d e a lin g
w ith its accu m u latio n is a realityi f S F R Ri s to\ue000
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I n an effortt o
increase overall system .\ue000
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ise v a lu a tin g th e te c h n ic a l a n d
e c o n o m ic v ia b ility
o f d re d g in g
th e S F R R
to
re c la im
s o m e o r a llo f its o rig in a l u s e a b le
s to ra g e .
D re d g in g th eS F R R is o n eo f th re e o p tio n s th a t a re c u rre n tly b e in g c o n s id e re d
a lo n g w ith in c re a s in g th e d a m h e ig h tb y four feet.
T he referenced studies conclude that all
o f
th e s e
o p tio n s
a re
te c h n ic a lly
fe a s ib le ,
b a s e d
u p o n
ta b le to p
e x a m in a tio n s .
T he
m e th o d o lo g ie s
fo r
im p le m e n tin g
e a c h
o ft h e s e
o p tio n s
a re
d is c u s s e d
i n
th e
re p o rts
re fe re n c e d
a b o v e
a n d
w ill
o n ly
b e
d is c u s s e d
b rie fly
h e re .
T he
m ain

te c h n ic a l d is c rim in a to rs b e tw e e n th e th re e o p tio n s a re th e in c re a s e in u s e a b le s to ra g e v o lu m e , th e c a p ita l

c o s t
o f
im p le m e n ta tio n ,
a n d
th e
o p e ra tin g
c o s t
a s s o c ia te d
w ith
d re d g in g .
E nvironm ental im pacts m ust also be addressed prior to final project selection.
Since this
re p o rti sfo c u s e d o n s e d im e n ta tio n a n d n o t s a fe y ie ld , o n ly th e 4 'in c r e a s e in d a m
h e ig h ti s
discussed for com parison.
D redging
T h e p re v io u s a s s e s s m e n ts a g re e th a t d re d g in gi s a te c h n ic a lly fe a s ib le o p tio n .
D re d g in g
c o u ld b e p e rfo rm e d e ith e rb y a c o n tra c to r o r in te rn a lly b y R W S A .
F o r a o n e -tim e d re d g in g
e v e n t it w o u ld b e m o s t c o s t e ffe c tiv e to u tiliz e a c o n tra c to r.
F or a serieso fd re d g in g e v e n ts
to o c c u r o v e r a n e x te n d e d p e rio d , it m a y b e m o re c o s t e ffe c tiv e fo r R W S A
to p u r c h a s e
equipm ent and perform
th is w o r k in te rn a lly . F o r th e p u rp o s e so f th is re v ie w , G F
a d o p ts
th is
a p p ro a c h .
H ow ever,
a th o ro u g h
e v a lu a tio n
o f la b o r im p a c ts , in s u ra n c e
c o s ts
a n d
actual cost-benefito fin -h o u s e v e rsu s c o n tra c te d w o rk s h o u ld b e p e rfo rm e di f th is o p tio n is
p u rs u e d .
G F
perform ed
a ta b le to p
c o s t a n a ly s is
assuming RW SA
would purchase
th e
d re d g e
equipm ent and perform
the w ork w ith RW SA
staff (either new
s ta f f o r e x is tin g
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M s. JenniferA . W hitaker, P.E .
staff), contract w ith
a n o u ts id e c o n tra c to r to
construct dewatering basins, and
p e rfo rm
s e d im e n t d ry in g , h a u lin g a n d s p re a d in g w ith in -h o u s e sta ff.
.
T h e p re v io u s re p o rts h a v e v e ry d iffe re n t o p in io n s o n th e c o sts a s s o c ia te d w ith d re d g in g .
The M ay 2001
V H B

R e p o rt e s tim a te d c o s tso fa p p ro x im a te ly $ 4 0 m illio n (2 0 0 1 ) fo r a o n e -tim e d re d g in g e v e n t a ro u n d th e y e a r 2 0 2 0 to re s to re th e S F R R to its o rig in a l c a p a c ity (in c lu d e s

d re d g in g
o f a d d itio n a l s e d im e n ta tio n d u rin g th e
in te rim
and w ith
d im in is h e d

u s e a b le s to ra g e a fte r c o m p le tio n d u e to c o n tin u e d s e d im e n ta tio n ), a n d a p p ro x im a te ly $ 7 5 m illio n (2 0 0 1 ) fo r e ig h t d re d g in g e v e n ts o v e r a 1 3 -y e a r p e rio d to re s to re th e S F R Rt oi t s o rig in a l

c a p a c ity
(assum es
th e
sam e
d re d g e
v o lu m e
a n d
s e d im e n ta tio n
c o n d itio n s
d e s c rib e d in th e o n e -tim e d re d g in g e v e n t).
B o th o p tio n s w e re d e v e lo p e d w ith a n in te rim
(20 years) and ultim ate (50 years) projectiono fuseable storage volum e.

G F assum es a 20- y e a r o p e ra tio n to a c c o m p lis h th e s a m e v o lu m e re m o v a lo fa o n e -tim e d re d g in g o p e ra tio n s c h e d u le d

fo r th e
year 2024.
T he
c o s ts
o f a o n e -tim e d re d g in g
event have
not been
e s tim a te d b yG F.
A
o n e -tim e e v e n t is lik e ly to b e m o re e x p e n s iv e s in c e it w ill re q u ire
\u00b7.significantly m ore land for dew atering,a n d:th e d re d g in g e q u ip m e n t re q u ire dt o m o y er3 . 7
i ;
m illion cubic yardso f m aterial in a short periodo f tirnew ill be m uch larger tham f6hthe
lo n g e r te rm d re d g in g .
The M arch 2003 O&G Report indicates a costo fap p ro x im ately $1.2 M illio n for th e first
y e a ro fan annual event, including'an annual operating costo f $75,000.
This report is
based on
1 5 5 ,0 0 0 c u . y d s. b e in g in itia lly d re d g e d a n d
a totalo f a little m ore than 3.0
m illio n c u . y d s. w h e n c o m p le te .
G F in v e s tig a tio n s a re b a s e d o n a s lig h tly h ig h e r v o lu m e
o fm aterial and result in significantly higher costs.
The approach and
assum ptions are
discussed below .
T h e d re d g in g o p e ra tio n its e lfi sre la tiv e ly s im p le a n d w o u ld in c lu d e th e p u rc h a s e a n d u s e
o f a h y d ra u lic
dredge, a booster pum p
s ta tio n , p ip in g , a n c h o rs , a n d te n d e r b o a ts .
T he
b o o s te r p u m p s ta tio n m a y n o t b e re q u ire d d e p e n d in g o n th e to ta l d is ta n c e fro m
th e d re d g e
to th e s e d im e n t d e w a te rin g o p e ra tio n s .
A n n u a l m a in te n a n c e w o u ld in c lu d e re p la c e m e n to f
cutter heads, pum p
m a in te n a n c e , b o a t m a in te n a n c e , a n d
p ip e
m a in te n a n c e .
T he

to ta l e s tim a te d c o s t fo r e q u ip m e n t is a p p ro x im a te ly $ 7 0 0 ,0 0 0 d e p e n d in g o n th e re q u ire m e n ts fo r a

b o o s te r
pum p
s ta tio n
a n d
is
b a s e d
u p o n
d is c u s s io n s
w ith
d re d g in g
e q u ip m e n t
m anufacturers.
D ew ateringo fth e d re d g e d m a te ria l w ill b e a s ig n ific a n t c o s t c o m p o n e n to f th e first y e a r
a n d
annual operations.
D ew atering
w o u ld
o c c u r in
a n
u p la n d
d ik e d
a re a
w here
th e
s u p e rn a ta n t c a n flo w b a c k to th e s tre a m .
A
s ite h a s n o t y e t b e e n id e n tifie d fo r p e rm a n e n t
d e w a te rin g
b a s in s ;
how ever,
th e
O & G
R eport
in d ic a te d
a
te m p o ra ry
s i t e
h a s
b e e n
id e n tifie d o n P a n o ra m a F a rm s.
For the purposeso fc o s t e s tim a tin g it is a s s u m e d th a t th e
Panoram a Farm
s ite w o u ld a ls o b e th e p e r m a n e n t d e w a te rin g b a s in lo c a tio n .
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