ARCADIS assisted both Reidsville and Greensboro in the negotiations, representing both sides and brokering a deal whereby Greensboro would install a 30-inch water main from a point near its Townsend Water Treatment Plant, all the way to the Reidsville Water Treatment Plant. In return, Reidsville would sell Greensboro up to 5 MGD of water. To accomplish that, the Reidsville plant had to be renovated and ARCADIS assisted in that effort.

The water main consisted of approximately 50,000 linear feet of 30-inch main to interconnect the two water systems. The project began in December 1998 when Greensboro approached ARCADIS because of our record in fast-track water main design. This was a critical situation where the water running out and the need to have water flowing between the two communities was the highest priority.

ARCADIS designed the project in approximately 2½ months. During design, ARCADIS worked with NCDOT, Southern Railway, the Corps of Engineers, NC Division of Environmental Health, and the NC Division of Water Quality to make sure that the permitting process went smoothly.

To expedite construction, the water main length was put into three separate contracts with three separate contractors and construction was substantially completed by the end of 1999. ARCADIS also expedited the purchase and delivery of a large high service pump and variable frequency drive for the Reidsville water treatment plant that is dedicated solely to the City of Greensboro. That equipment was in service by the end of January 2000 and the whole project was pumping water to the City of Greensboro in 2000.