Redbrook Development

Aquifer Studies & Utility Design for 1,200-Unit Mixed-Use Community

Weston & Sampson was selected by the largest landholder in southeastern Massachusetts, A.D. Makepeace, to provide a variety of services to support a new development known as Redbrook.

The proposed development will include its own new well water supply, distribution, and storage to support the 1,200-unit development across 1,500 acres in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Our team conducted a regional aquifer evaluation that included Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping efforts and test drilling of more than 10,000 acres and identified production well sites. Aquifer withdrawals and groundwater flow patterns were modeled using the five-dimensional computer model MODFLOW and subsequent modification and calibration of the USGS – Plymouth Carver Aquifer Model. Based on model results, optimum well locations and wastewater disposal sites were determined within the development footprint. We also completed exhaustive hydrogeologic evaluations for new source approval of a 650,000-gpd source and a 395,000-gpd treated effluent disposal system.

Location
Plymouth, MA
Services
Water
Categories
Hydrogeology & Wells
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Project Highlights

  • Infrastructure Design
  • Aquifer Evaluation
  • Infrastructure Design
  • New Source Approval Permits for Two Production Wells
  • Groundwater Discharge Permit
  • Pumping Station & Distribution System Permits for the Water System
  • Sewer Extension Permit for the Sewer System
  • Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA)
  • Preliminary & Final Designs
Our team also completed a range of infrastructure planning and design services for the development, such as a new water system including source development, well design, pumping station layouts, distribution system piping, and an elevated water storage tank. Wastewater infrastructure design included collection and transmission piping, 11 pump stations, and a membrane wastewater treatment plant. Both the water and sewer designs include river crossings with a directional drilling project to install a 12-inch diameter water main and a 4-inch diameter reuse system for spray irrigation of treated effluent.

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