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2002 LEGISLATIVE REPORT
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PROJECT INFORMATION:
Growth in the city and the surrounding area prompted the city to request analysis of their water system. The rural areas around Lander typically obtain their water from wells, which are of poor quality and quantity, or they haul their water from Lander. Several areas, including Tweed Lane, south of Lander, northeast of Lander, and Baldwin Creek, have approached the city requesting water service. However, the city was uncertain whether their system could reliably meet these and other future water service demands. A Level I master plan was completed to serve as a planning tool to respond to these requests.

The Level I study assessed the physical and economical limits of the existing system to serve an expanded service area. The study determined the water supply needs of that area, and evaluated the capability of Lander's existing water supply to meet those needs. The study made recommendations regarding the upgrading that will be required before the city can serve the rural areas. The study developed preliminary designs and cost estimates for the facilities identified as needing improvements. The city prioritized the system improvements and requested a Level II evaluation of the supply line to the treatment plant, enlargement of the treatment plant, and additional storage at the treatment plant and near the city. The Level II study recommended that the intake facilities be improved and provisions made to handle the course sediments that enter the water supply line from the river. The estimated cost of the improvements is $400,000. A $200,000 Level III appropriation was approved in 1999 to reconstruct the intake structure. During 2001, engineering determinations were made to relocate the intake structure 4,400 feet downstream, in conjunction with the Hornecker Ditch intake structure, to avoid conflict with WYDOT highway reconstruction activities and reduce the length of raw water pipeline and pressure reducing valve reconstruction. Design of the new intake structure, raw water transmission line and finished water transmission line has been completed by Aspen Engineering and will be constructed during the 2002 construction season.

RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
No legislative action is required.