Victorville, California is a city 81 miles northeast of Los Angeles along Interstate 15 just north of Mt. San Antonio.

Victorville is within San Bernadino County with a population of 134,810 as of the 2020 census. It is within Victor Valley, which is a valley in the Mojave Desert.

Some of the attractions in Victorville include the Elmer’s Bottle Tree Ranch, California Route 66 Museum, Mojave Narrows Regional Park, Southern California Logistics Airport, Victor Valley Museum & Gallery, Bear Valley Country Club, Scandia Family Fun Center, Westwinds Sports Center, Rockview Nature Park, Liberty Park, and Sunset Ridge Park.

The City of Victorville decided to develop a low barrier wellness center to help sheltered and unsheltered individuals stabilize and rebuild their lives. The center provides a navigational center, recuperative care facility, medical clinic, interim housing, and wraparound supportive services.

The City of Victorville has the second-highest concentration of unhoused persons in all of San Bernardino County, so this wellness center is crucial to the community’s health.

The Wellness Center Campus is located on approximately 4.5 acres of City-owned land and it provides 170 beds to accommodate men, women, & families. Bed arrangements can fluctuate based on the needs of the community. There are multiple restrooms, showers, a cafeteria, a recreation area, office spaces, and private interview rooms.

Angeles Contractor, a fast growing and respected general contractor based out of City of Industry, CA, first sought a wastewater lift station for the new wellness center after the City of Victorville recommended contacting Romtec Utilities after a proposed design by another subcontractor was rejected by the City. The Victorville Wellness Center is a low barrier homeless shelter and is expected to be a tough pumping environment.

After some delays in the project, the City of Victorville decided that Angeles Contractor would contract directly with Romtec Utilities for the complete design and supply of the wastewater lift station to keep the project moving forward. It was later determined that there would be two phases to the project, the lift station being part of Phase 2.

To keep the project moving forward and meet the goal of lift station installation prior to the end of 2022, the city decided to contract directly with Romtec Utilities for our complete scope. The city provided sole source justification to the City Council, which was fully approved during the Council meeting. There were multiple changes relating to how this project was anticipated to move forward.

The wastewater lift station has Vaughan five horsepower pumps in a duplex configuration, a pressure transducer for primary level sensing, two floats for backup level sensing, stainless steel guide rails, a 577-valve vault, a 6’ wet well, and a control panel.

KWC Engineers was the civil engineer involved on this project with the City of Victorville. KWC is a civil engineering and surveying firm based in Corona, California.

The safety and security of residents and businesses is the city’s primary goal of this project. This Wellness Center campus proves beneficial in providing life-changing resources necessary to reduce homelessness and positively transition people back into society.

Romtec Utilities was pleased to provide this wastewater lift station for the City of Victorville for their new wellness center.