Southtowns Record

TBA01.26.2026packet

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Town of West Seneca
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jan 26, 2026, 6:00 p.m.
Posted by publisher
Jan 23, 2026
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Agenda packet
Topics
Water, sewer and drainage, Budget and taxes, Public safety, Parks and recreation, Zoning and land use, Roads and traffic, Audits and oversight, Housing

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Edward M. Bradfuhrer | Project Manager/Modeling/Linear Assessments

Sanitary Sewer Evaluation Survey  system in Hamburg, NY. Options for reducing
  surcharge levels in the system were evaluated
Project Manager |  including, additional conveyance and I/I source
City of Tonawanda | Tonawanda, NY, USA  reduction. Probable project costs, preliminary layouts,
This project is part of a multi-year program the City is  ecological impacts, and non-monetary factors were
undertaking to reduce the amount of inflow in their  evaluated for each alternative. Source reduction was
sewer system. Managed the project from development  determined to be the most feasible option because
of the SSES report, which identified system defects  there are few nearby locations where flow can be sent
using dye testing, CCTV and manhole inspections,  by pumping, and pumping costs would be prohibitively
prepared contract documents using the report as a  high.
basis of design and served as the Owner’s
representative during construction.  Silver Creek SSES, Phases 2, 3, 4 and 5
  Project Manager |
Waverly Place Sewer Replacement  Village of Silver Creek | Silver Creek, NY, USA
Project Manager |  Managed a multi-year SSES program as part of
Town of Ramapo | Ramapo, NY, USA  complying with an order on consent. Directed CCTV
Updated an existing hydraulic sewer model for the  and smoke testing subconsultants as part of their
Town of Ramapo to evaluate the feasibility modifying  infiltration and inflow reduction program. Analyzed the
the Town’s existing sewer to accommodate additional  data to determine a cost-effective sewer and manhole
development that is expected in the area. Options  rehabilitation program and produced a design report
were evaluated based on a 30-year design life and  that was acceptable to local regulators. Produced
included replacement, parallel sewers, redirecting flow  contract documents for implementation of the design
to other sewers, and low pressure sewers. Based on  and assisted with construction contract administration.
evaluation, replacing the sanitary sewer in-place was
determined to have the lowest lifetime cost and was  Town of Tonawanda Consent Order
the selected alternative for design. The selected  Compliance
design increased the sewer slope and diameter to
improve velocities and reduce the risk of ragging in the  Project Manager | Town of Tonawanda
sewer. The design included removal of existing  | Tonawanda, NY, USA
asbestos cement pipe, improved pipe bedding and  Managed a project team that performed flowmeter
subbase to compensate for high groundwater and  analysis and calibrated a sanitary sewer model for use
loose soils, and connections to an existing steep  in planning a sewer rehabilitation program. Flowmeter
sewer anticipating additional work in the future.  analysis was performed using GHD Digital’s
  flowmetering system. Model calibration was performed
Order on Consent Compliance  using Infoworks ICM’s cloud computing capabilities so
  that a team of 6 engineers could simultaneously
Project Engineer and System Modeler |
  calibrate the model to over 100 sites within a three-
Niagara Falls Water Board | Niagara Falls, NY, USA
  month deadline.
Performed an evaluation of the Niagara Falls
combined sewer system to comply with requirements  Career history
of an order on consent. The order required evaluating
alternatives that would capture 95%-97% of combined  2009 - present  GHD, Technical Director
sewer overflow generated by the system. Options  Summer 2008  New York State Office of General
evaluated included in-line storage, off-line storage,  Services, Intern
enhanced conveyance, tunnels, real time control, high
rate treatment, and sewer separation. Proposed  Summer 2007  Lockheed Martin Integrated System
alternatives were sized and evaluated for probable  and Solutions, Intern
project cost, ecological impacts, impacts to  2006 – 2009  University at Buffalo Computing
stakeholders. No feasible alternative was found that  and Information Technology,
could meet the required level of capture without  Systems Administrator
significant social, ecological, or financial costs.
However, an alternative to redirect overflows away  2001 – 2005  United States Marine Corps,
from a popular tourist area was identified and explored  Sergeant
as part of a pumping station upgrade.

Mt. Vernon Sewer Analysis
Modeler |
Town of Hamburg | Hamburg, NY, USA
Developed a hydraulic model using XPSWMM and
performed an analysis of the Mount Vernon sewer

T 716-242-6925 | E [email protected]  www.ghd.com

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