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Neha Gajjar, PE
<br />Task Engineer— PW and RW Pipeline
<br />Replacement/Extension
<br />Ms. Gajjar has more than 27 years of experience and her qualifications
<br />include experience in planning and design of water transmission,
<br />distribution, and storage facilities and preparation of plans and
<br />specifications for water and sewer main, storm drain, and roadway design,
<br />as well as construction phase services.
<br />EXPERIENCE
<br />North Long Beach Collection Main Control Valve Upgrade Project,
<br />Long Beach Water Department, Long Beach, CA. Project Manager for
<br />the preparation of plans and specifications for an existing Flow
<br />Control/Pressure Reducing Station which consists of replacing the 16-inch
<br />butterfly valve in Wardlow Avenue and the pressure transmitter vault within
<br />Cherry Avenue. The improvement to these facilities will allow LBWD to
<br />mitigate the open conduit flow it experiences at the high point within the
<br />Collection Main pipeline by throttling the flow to create backpressure and
<br />have the pipeline flow full.
<br />Education:
<br />B.S., Civil Engineering,
<br />University of California at
<br />Berkeley, 1991
<br />Registrations/Certifications:
<br />Professional Engineer,
<br />California, No. 55574, 1996
<br />Professional Affiliations:
<br />American Society of Civil
<br />Engineers
<br />Society of Women Engineers
<br />Office Location:
<br />Irvine, CA
<br />Years of Experience:
<br />27
<br />Years with Tetra Tech:
<br />Newport Pier Area Water Main Replacement, City of Newport Beach, Newport Beach, CA. Performed
<br />QA/QC review for the design of approximately 5,700 LF of distribution main within the residential streets and
<br />alleys along the Pier Area of the City. About two thirds of the replacement were within narrow alleys and the City
<br />opted to replace in kind with above ground highlining. The design included several cut -in valves as the existing
<br />system did not have enough to perform the replacement. The project also included a phasing approach to
<br />mitigate the customer impacts as much as possible.
<br />Well No. 32, City of Santa Ana, Santa Ana, CA. Project Manager for the design of the Well 32 rehabilitation
<br />project. The project involved the preparation of a PDR and plans/specifications for the rehabilitation of the well
<br />facility. The underground well would be scraped, cleaned and modified to be within an above ground CMU block
<br />control building (housing mechanical and electrical rooms). The design also includes a separate on -site
<br />generation sodium hypochlorite building, 3500 feet of 12-inch discharge pipe to John Garthe Reservoir and
<br />modification at the reservoir to connect to the on -site piping.
<br />GSWC Waterline Replacement Projects 2010, Golden State Water Company, CA. Project Manager.
<br />Oversaw the design plans for several water main replacement projects throughout the GSWC service areas
<br />primarily the Southwest District. Work included existing utility research and base map preparation, determining
<br />abandonment required, alignment selection and field check surveys, and obtaining permit conditions for
<br />construction for various affected cities. Project Overland Avenue, Live Oak/Lyrose Avenue, Indian Hill and Vault
<br />Modifications for Design Build Project.
<br />Edward C. Little Water Recycling Facility Sodium Hypochlorite Storage Tank Replacements, West Basin
<br />Municipal Water District, El Segundo, CA. Project Manager for designing the replacement of four cylindrical,
<br />fiber -reinforced plastic (FRP) chemical storage tanks within the District's Edward C. Little Water Recycling
<br />Facility (ECLWRF). Each tank is 29,200 gallons and will contain 12.5% sodium hypochlorite to treat recycled
<br />water prior to distribution into the District's system. The plans consisted of sequential stages of demolition of the
<br />existing tanks and foundation, construction of the new foundation and installation of the new tanks, and manifold
<br />improvements to allow partial startup of two of the tanks while the last two were being installed.
<br />2018-2019 Reservoir Management Systems Replacement, Moulton Niguel Water District, Aliso Viejo,
<br />Laguna Hills and Laguna Niguel, CA. Project Manager for designing an on -site sodium hypochlorite
<br />generation (OSG) system at five of its 20 potable water reservoir sites. The improvements consisted of the
<br />removal of the existing ClorTec facility and construction of a reservoir management system (RMS) building with
<br />separate ammonia and sodium hypochlorite rooms, including chemical tanks, metering pumps, reservoir mixers,
<br />piping to and from the reservoirs, spill containment, emergency shower and eyewashes, return mixing pumps
<br />and grading to ensure the new building lies seamlessly within the existing on- site facilities.
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