Richmond Branch: October Technical Meeting

When:  Oct 24, 2024 from 11:45 AM to 01:00 PM (ET)
Associated with  Richmond Branch

October Technical Meeting Topic: 

Case Study:  Reservoir Safe Yield to Support Data Center Expansion

Join the ASCE Richmond Branch for a monthly technical lunch meeting where our community of civil engineers come together to network, learn about exciting new topics, and earn 1.0 PDH credit. This meeting is in-person only.

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Abstract:

Data centers are critical components of the Internet, and they consume large amounts of resources in the process of performing their functions.  The design and construction of a new data center in Louisa County is forecasted to require large amounts of water to keep the servers cool.  This presentation will discuss the process used to create a mass-balance safe yield model to determine the available water supply capacity from Northeast Creek Reservoir (NECR) in Louisa County, Virginia.  This model is a mass balance demonstration of water entering and leaving the reservoir daily. Data in the model is broken into inflows and outflows used to calculate a daily change in volume which is used to calculate the remaining volume in the reservoir based on geometric data collected through a hydrographic survey.  Also covered will be the challenges in finding available data for the inflow and outflow volumes.  A safe-yield analysis was performed at the time of construction of the NECR and looked at conditions during the then 545-day drought of record.  Our model takes a daily evaluation of how local site conditions affect the reservoir volume and determined the safe yield.

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Presenters:

Tyler Hays, PE earned her engineering degree from Virginia Tech and has built a successful career in consulting engineering. She has worked across various markets, including residential and commercial site plans, as well as energy, transportation, and municipal projects. Her expertise spans multiple areas of civil and environmental engineering, with a focus on water and wastewater management, land development, stormwater management, environmental protection, and pollution prevention.

Since joining JMT in 2021, Tyler has spearheaded local initiatives related to utility relocations for water and wastewater systems. She has also led numerous improvement projects throughout Virginia, encompassing water storage, booster stations, water resources planning, transmission, distribution, wastewater collection mains, and sewage pumping stations.

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Sponsor

Sponsorship for this event still available!

For information on how your company could sponsor future ASCE Richmond events please contact Niko Ambrose at

Location

2810: a community gathering place
2810 W Cary St
(Reserved parking spaces on both sides of building and in gravel lot located through gate)
Richmond, VA 23221

Pricing Information

Registration Regular Late
All Registrants $0.00 $0.00
     
In-Person (ASCE Member) Regular Late
All Registrants $25.00 $30.00
     
In-Person (non-ASCE Member) Regular Late
All Registrants $30.00 $35.00
     
Student Regular Late
All Registrants $0.00 $0.00
     
Meeting Sponsorship Regular Late
All Registrants $250.00 $0.00
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Jay Utz
804-929-3435
[email protected]
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