This project involved streambank improvements on Pleasant Run Creek within Greenway Park and included the construction of a vegetated rock wall for approximately 150’ and is 10’ tall at its highest point.
Willett Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky faced limitations with the quantity of high-quality water to make its bourbon. The distillery was relying on onsite, spring-fed lakes and ponds, which provided a less than adequate water supply to produce its product.
Willett engaged HWC to provide design services for an approximate 5,000’ extension of Bardstown’s water main to the facility. Upon successful completion of the extension, the distillery realized more flexibility and a positive ROI for its bourbon production process.
The HWC project team overcame several obstacles while designing this water main extension, including:
The City of Rushville is partnering with a local builder to build 33 single-family starter homes in the new North Washington Street Subdivision. HWC was hired by the City to complete the subdivision’s infrastructure design. This subdivision is located on property that connects an existing neighborhood with West 16th Street, a newly extended roadway that has been identified in the City of Rushville’s Comprehensive Plan as a key corridor for housing development. The project is near two other Rushville housing projects that will soon add 40 market-rate apartments and 64 higher-end custom homes.
Each of these housing projects is located within walking distance of two elementary schools, Rush County’s middle school and high school, Memorial Park, the Rush County Boys and Girls Club, and the City’s major retail outlets. This project’s proximity to the County’s school system and major quality of life amenities serves as a major incentive for young families to relocate to the area.
In recent years, the City of Rushville and Rush County Schools have been on a mission to grow the community’s population and public school enrollment. The two organizations understand the importance of an attractive housing product to workforce attraction and have partnered on numerous efforts to bring additional housing options to the community, including the creation of one of the first housing TIF districts in the State.
The North Washington Street Subdivision project is the latest example of this valuable partnership. The City of Rushville and Rush County Schools completed a land swap that enabled the City to bring this housing project to fruition. The North Washington project extends streets and utility infrastructure to this property and enables the developer to expand the community’s workforce housing options, providing an opportunity to expand the region’s population and local public school enrollment.
The project was completed in 2025, as well as the first five new homes being constructed and occupied.
HWC provided the design and inspection services for water system improvements for the River Ridge Development Authority, which included two new elevated water storage tanks and water main project at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
The previous water system lacked enough storage for the water system’s existing and projected demands prior to HWC working on the project. A single 0.75 MG ground storage tank located adjacent to a booster pump station (located just east of SR-62 along Paul Garrett Avenue) and three older elevated tanks with a combined capacity of 0.50 MG provided a total of 1.25 MG of storage. Two pressure zones (north and south) existed in the system with most of the development and water demand in the system being in the southern zone. The pressure zones were separate, and the booster pumping station pumped water to both zones using a pressure reducing valve (PRV) to supply different pressures to each zone.
Given the proposed increase in capacity of the water treatment plant and well field as part of a separate project, it was desired to provide additional storage to equate to a total volume, which was equivalent to the projected short-term average demand, or approximately 4.0 MG. Accordingly, two elevated tanks with a capacity of 2.0 MG each were installed, and a hydraulic model was completed to determine the tank locations. Ultimately, a location along 8th Street in the northern pressure zone, paired with a site at International Drive in the southern pressure zone, was recommended as the best alternative. The $8 million project was completed in 2022.
HWC worked with the City of Jasonville, Indiana to complete a master plan of the City’s water system. The study was intended to address NPDES permit violations related to water treatment facility backwash discharge and other system needs.
The master plan, which was funded by an IOCRA grant, recommended a two-phased approach to improve the system.
Phase 1 addressed regulatory compliance issues at the plant. This phase included a new filter backwash lagoon with liner and baffles, new backup power generators at the well field, well field transmission main, and electrical service replacement.
Phase 2 included capital improvements to address depreciated equipment at the treatment plant, replacing a failing supply well, and installing new transmission mains. This phase included the replacement of two gravity filtration units, new high-service pumps and interior piping, a new water supply well, and a new two-mile water supply main in a remote area of the distribution system.
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