Construction of LACSD’s New Effluent Tunnel: Bigger, Better, and Safer - On Demand
Recorded On: 10/28/2021
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Please join CWEA LABS for a presentation by Russ Vakharia, Supervising Engineer at the LA County Sanitation Districts, on the construction of a new 7-mile long effluent tunnel—the longest single drive pressurized face tunnel ever constructed in California! He will discuss construction challenges facing the tunnel, which has over 30 curves, will go through a variety of heterogenous ground conditions, is located under the water table, and will experience significant areas of squeezing ground.
The Sanitation Districts operates the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant, which treats wastewater from over 5 million people in the Los Angeles basin. The JWPCP currently relies on two tunnels—over 60 and 80 years old—to convey treated wastewater from Carson, CA to the ocean. The new tunnel is being constructed to ensure the reliability and capacity of the system and address aging infrastructure, seismic, and overflow concerns associated with the old tunnels.
Russ Vakharia
Supervising Engineer, Construction Management Section
LA County Sanitation Districts
Russ Vakharia worked in the field of construction/engineering management for Parsons Corporation on the Los Angeles Metro Red Line, for Disney Imagineering and as an independent construction management consultant and expert witness, before joining his current employer, the Los Angeles County Sanitation District, where he has worked for 18 years managing a variety of construction projects. Russ also taught construction management at UCLA Extension and in USC’s Master’s program in Construction Management. Russ received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Stanford University.
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