Klefstad Lift Station and Force Main Design
Wastewater
Project details
A lift station and force main design project valued at over $5M that received the APWA Chicago Metro Chapter 2025 Project of the Year award in the Environmental category.

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RJN Group, Inc. is an engineering and pipeline condition assessment practice specializing in extending and restoring the useful service life of sewer, water, and stormwater assets. Founded in 1974, it provides comprehensive water, wastewater, and stormwater engineering analysis, field services, and design solutions for municipalities and utilities across the United States. Its specialized capabilities include flow monitoring, asset management, hydraulic modeling, and inflow and infiltration reduction programs supported by proprietary spatial data platforms.
Addresses challenges in wastewater collection system management by planning, studying, designing, and improving sewer assets.
Manages storm impacts by evaluating asset conditions, analyzing drainage flows, identifying funding options, and designing improvements to minimize municipal stormwater impacts.
Tailors programs to ensure the integrity and service life of clean water distribution systems.
Mitigates capacity loss and high treatment costs by identifying where clean water enters collection systems.
Designs and manages monitoring networks using meters, level sensors, rain gauges, and groundwater gauges to collect reliable system hydraulics data.
Utilizes advanced tools and technologies to collect condition data and build inventories for capital and maintenance planning.
Optimizes infrastructure life cycles and minimizes costs through risk-based analysis and informed maintenance programs.
Develops value-driven engineering designs using both traditional and trenchless construction methods.
Analyzes hydraulic and hydrologic performance characteristics to guide short- and long-range network decisions.
Leverages data-driven forecasting to build phased utility improvement programs matching immediate and long-term needs.
Government · Utilities · Wastewater · Stormwater & Flood Control · Water Supply
Wastewater
A lift station and force main design project valued at over $5M that received the APWA Chicago Metro Chapter 2025 Project of the Year award in the Environmental category.
Joliet, IL · Wastewater · Client: City of Joliet
A sewer system rehabilitation program encompassing 174,903 linear feet of rehabilitation and interceptor design, along with the review of 2,136,963 linear feet of CCTV data.