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2000 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Active Projects
37. | PROJECT: | Gillette Hidden Valley Storage and Transmission | | | | | |
| LEVEL: | III |
| SPONSOR: | City of Gillette |
| LOCATION: | Campbell County |
| PROGRAM: | New Development |
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| EXISTING LEGISLATION: |
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Purpose |
Chapter |
Session |
Account |
Appropriation |
Due Date |
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Level I |
43 |
1992 |
I |
$200,000 |
1994 |
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Level I |
79 |
1993 |
I |
$50,000 |
1994 |
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Level III |
38 |
1998 |
I |
$2,040,000 |
2002 |
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| *50% grant |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Pursuant to goals set forth in the 1994 Gillette Master Water Plan, this project calls for construction of a 3 MG storage reservoir and
appropriate transmission lines in the southwest portion of town. The existing system has recognized design shortfalls including a dead end line on
Force Road and less than adequate fire flows. Installation of a new tank and lines would increase fire flows to over 1500 gpm in the Westridge and
Hidden Valley areas and create a loop in the system, thereby improving water turnover and quality. The proposed transmission line that would link the
proposed tank with a tank now under construction also completes a loop along the newly constructed Southern Drive. Significant growth has occurred in
this portion of town such that these facilities would meet a current and future need. An evaluation of this project was prepared for the city by
Stetson Engineering, Inc., which satisfactorily would serve as the WWDC Level II study.
RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
The WWDC recommends the project be incorporated in the New Development Program at Level III with an appropriation of $1,350,000. The financing
would include a 60% grant, $1,350,000, of the total project budget of $2,250,000. The remaining 40% will be funded from local sources.
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