Mobley Engineering

Design and installation of aeration systems for hydropower, water supply reservoirs and other applications

C.W.  Bill Young  Regional Reservoir, Florida

C.W. Young Reservoir

  • The C.W. Bill Young Reservoir is located in Lithia, FL, and is operated by Tampa Bay Water
  • The Reservoir first opened in 2005, after 10 years of construction.  Abnormal cracking in the reservoir's soil-cement erosion-control layer became apparent in 2006, and led to a massive renovation of this 15.5 billion gallon reservoir beginning in 2012
  • The reservoir collects water from the Alafia and Hillsborough Rivers
  • The reservoir has a surface area of 1,100 acres, and has a perimeter of over 5 miles

 
Aerial view of the C.W. Bill Young Reservoir, with the diffuser bubble patterns distinctively visible

 
Layout

 

Site Pictures, May, 2014


 
 
Working in the "dry", as construction continues on the re-building of the reservoir.  In the pictures above and below, there is actually a concrete plant in the center of the reservoir (in the distance)

 
 
Preparing the pigtails which will eventually be connected to the diffusers and the towers......Ken, standing in front of one of the 7 aeration towers--soon to be submerged

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Site Pictures, August-September, 2014


 






Our previous work-site
 was under water when 
we arrived in 
August -- the reservoir
 was filling at a rate of 
1 million gallons per day

 
Lots of wildlife to watch while we worked, but the fire ants were truly a nuisance!

 
 
 
 
Wrangling water hyacinth for the contractor

 
 
 
 
 
 
A nice, straight bubble pattern is visible on the surface of the reservoir from one of the diffusers

 
 


Mobley Engineering, Inc. • PO Box 600 Norris, Tennessee 37828
phone (865) 494-0600 • fax (865) 494-0611
Email: info@mobleyengineering.com

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