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Pawauque Basin regional water system construction underway; county briefed on schedule, cost and interconnect plans
Summary
Bureau of Reclamation-led Pawauque Basin Regional Water System is under construction and Santa Fe County staff briefed commissioners on phase-by-phase progress, the project ceiling and the planned interconnect with the county water system.
Santa Fe County project staff told commissioners March 25 that construction of the Pawauque Basin Regional Water System — part of the Pojoaque (Pawauque) Basin water settlement — is underway, with substantial work completed on the intake and water-treatment facilities and additional phases planned to bring treated Rio Grande water to Pueblos and Santa Fe County users.
The presentation, delivered by Scott Casement, Santa Fe County project manager for the Pawauque Basin work, outlined the system’s scope (intake/collector wells on the Rio Grande, a water treatment plant, 151 miles of transmission/distribution pipelines, six pump stations and multiple storage tanks) and the phased construction schedule. Casement said phase 1 is roughly 48%…
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