Capital Efficiency Plan and Asset Management, Shrewsbury, MA

Tata & Howard has been providing engineering services for the Town of Shrewsbury since 2001. In 2014, Tata & Howard provided engineering services associated with the completion of a Capital Efficiency Plan. The hydraulic model was used to identify hydraulic deficiencies, critical customers were identified by the Town through a series of workshops held with utility staff, and the criteria combined with an asset management rating system were used to prioritize improvements to the distribution system.

The topography of the system causes many areas to have very high or very low pressures. In addition to prioritizing water main improvements, the study evaluated areas that should be incorporated into different service areas in order to reduce or increase pressures as needed. 

As a result of the 2014 CEP and Asset Management Plan, the Town of Shrewsbury has been able to successfully utilize their budget in the most effective manner, prioritizing critical components and maintaining safe, clean drinking water for their residents. Additional services related to the CEP included a water distribution system study, hydraulic model update, water audit, and alternate water supply study.

Since the completion of the CEP, improvements and upgrades have included a booster pump station, water storage tank, replacement wells, a unidirectional flushing plan, a new water treatment plant for manganese removal, and a PFAS pilot study and design of a PFAS water treatment plant.