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2001 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Active Projects

 07. PROJECT:Basin Area Water Supply (formerly Manderson Water Supply)
LEVEL:III
SPONSOR:South Big Horn County Water Supply Joint Powers Board
LOCATION:Big Horn County
PROGRAM:New Development
  
EXISTING LEGISLATION:
Purpose Chapter Session Account Appropriation Due Date
Level III-1 206 1995 I $670,000* 1999
Level III-1 59 1996 I $5,360,000* 1999
Level III-1 38 1998 I $200,000* 2002
*67% grant

PROJECT INFORMATION:
The town of Basin and the town of Manderson are committed to this project because they are experiencing problems with their current water supply systems, and because they anticipate their current systems will require a considerable capital investment in the near future.

The rural area around Manderson and Basin has formed a district, the South Bighorn County Water District, to provide service to approximately 170 users.

A groundwater exploration program was conducted by the WWDC in 1985 that indicated a good potential exists for obtaining groundwater from the Paleozoic formations approximately 8 miles east of Manderson. In 1993, an exploratory well was constructed that produced water of excellent quality, but lacked sufficient yield to supply the projected 750 taps in the regional water system. In 1994 the well was hydraulically fractured in an attempt to stimulate water production. The well now flows approximately 350 gpm of good quality water. A second well has been drilled into the Madison formation that produces approximately 250 gpm. The water supply from the two wells will meet demand for many years.

In 1994, the project continued through conceptual designs and cost estimates. The sponsor has 820 taps committed to the project. The South Big Horn County Water Supply Joint Powers Board has been formed to serve as the sponsor for the project. The engineer has conducted three separate bid lettings for the project. The first contract has been let and the second production well has been drilled. The second construction contract provides the major transmission pipeline between the wells and the towns of Basin and Manderson. The second phase is complete and customers are receiving water. The third phase construction of the rural distribution system is complete and in service. Currently the WWDC, the USDA Rural Utility Services, the State Loan and Investment Board, and the sponsor are funding the project. The WWDC has been funding 67 percent of the project with the other entities funding 33 percent. The Rural Utility Services will provide the remaining funding and the Phase III components will be adjusted to match the total funding package if necessary.

Phase II and III construction is complete. Phase IV design and construction will proceed during 2001. Phase IV consists of a pipeline which will connect the regional system to the old water storage tanks at Manderson. This is necessary to correct an unstable pressure problem in Manderson.

RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
No legislative action is required.

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