Seneca, South Carolina
Seneca Light and Water Treatment Plant and Lab Improvements
9,000 square feet
GMC’s scope included aiding Seneca Light and Water in a performance-based selection for a sodium hypochlorite onsite generation (OSG) system as well as the architectural design of the new control and laboratory building and raw water intake structure for a 24 MGD water treatment facility on Lake Keowee.
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In addition to the process improvements, GMC provided architectural design services for a new control and laboratory building and raw water intake on Lake Keowee. The existing administration building was repurposed for the chemical feed systems, therefore, requiring a new facility. A new 9,000-square-foot laboratory and administrative building were constructed overlooking Lake Keowee. The building consisted of a training room, break room, controls room, bacterial laboratory, office, plan room, conference room, and lobby facing Lake Keowee.
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The meshing of the plant’s structures with the character of the neighborhood was an important design goal. Neighbors didn’t like the old intake structure, which consisted of pumps on a dock, and requested something more attractive and less noisy. The new intake structure is a natural stone tower that resembles a lighthouse. Completely enclosing the pumps in the tower provides more security and makes operation much quieter.
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