Mesa Zone Water Booster Station

News & Updates

A construction agreement for the Early Work Package was approved by Council at the May 10, 2022 council meeting. Council approved the Late Work Package a the December 13, 2022 council meeting.  

The team mobilized to the site on July 14, 2022.  The pipeline work began in late July 2023 and was completed in early November 2023.  Commissioning of the station has been completed and Broomfield staff is operating the facility.

The Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) delivery was delayed due to supply chain issues and remains outstanding.  The supplier could not make the September 2024 date and the new delivery date is late February 2025.  Staff has reviewed other suppliers however either the other manufacturers cannot meet the design requirements, sizing requirements, or have a delivery date later than anticipated.  The temporary ATS has allowed for full operation of the station without issue. The temporary cannot be utilized as the permanent ATS due to its size.   

Background

In 2018, Arcadis U.S. was selected to design the existing Airport Booster Pump Station for redundancy.  In 2019, the project was suspended when funding was needed for another project.  In February 2021, Council approved the agreement with Arcadis U.S., the design is expected to be complete by late 2021.  Staff issued a Request for Proposal for a Construction Manager/General Contractor (CMGC) and selected Moltz Construction. 

The City and County of Broomfield owns and operates the existing Airport Pump Station, located east of Simms Street near Rocky Mountain Airport. This facility provides pressure to the Mesa and Walnut pressure zones of Broomfield’s potable water system service area. Presently, this area is a “closed” system and the only source of water pressure is the Airport Pump Station. In August 2016, the Airport Pump Station experienced a failure due to a complete loss of pressure to its service area. Fortunately, there was enough residual pressure within the distribution system to maintain minimal service during the outage. Extensive repairs were performed and normal operation resumed. This failure highlighted the vulnerability of the system that combined with growth in the service area emphasized the need for redundancy to maintain required levels of service to customers. Broomfield has identified a location for a redundant pump station, initially named the “Mesa Pump Station” which will serve as a back‐up pressure source for the Mesa and Walnut pressure zones.