Buckhorn Dam and Reservoir Expansion Client: City of Wilson Location: Wilson, NC Hazen and Sawyer provided comprehensive engineering services to the City of Wilson for the expansion of Buckhorn Reservoir, the city’s primary water source, increasing impounding capacity from 0.7 to 6.7 billion gallons and safe yield to 29 mgd. Services included planning studies, environmental and regulatory permitting preliminary design, nal design, construction and post-construction services. Project Outcomes and Benefits Comprehensive engineering services from project planning through construction completion. Selection of RCC instead of conventional earthll saved $3 million in construction costs and reduced construction time by more than a year. Innovative RCC monolith design provided stable constructi

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