Rifle, CO

CGRS recently designed, permitted, constructed and operated a $10 million produced water treatment plant near Rifle, CO. The construction phase of the design-build contract was completed with CGRS serving as the General Contractor, overseeing earthwork, concrete, electrical and automation.

CGRS also acted as the main mechanical contractor, constructing piping, setting pumps, tanks, equipment, controls and valves.

The development and construction of this $10 million facility included:

• Construction of (2) pre-engineered steel equipment/office buildings with a total of 5,760 square feet
• Fully-automated plant systems, including self-correcting system logic with dozens of pumps, sensors, and recording devices
• Construction of three storage ponds with a total capacity of 4.4 million gallons

Technology used and installed in the plant included:

• • Gravity and belt separation
  • Dissolved air flotation
  • IFAS bioreactor
  • Dynamic sand filter
  • Self-cleaning mechanical filter
  • Tray strippers
  • Regenerative thermal oxidizer
  • Ultra-filtration and reverse osmosis