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Alamogordo commission hears comprehensive water master plan calling for $4.38 million in pipeline and operational fixes
Summary
City staff and consultant CDM Smith presented a water master plan that models current and future demand, finds roughly 33% system loss and recommends $4.38 million in capital improvements and operational changes to address fire flow, water age and high pressures.
The Alamogordo City Commission on Tuesday received a presentation of a new water master plan that models the city’s distribution system, projects demand to 2043 and recommends a roughly $4.38 million capital-improvement program and operational changes. The plan, presented by Utilities Director Dave Nunley and Sam Kefren, an engineer and project manager with CDM Smith, maps the distribution network, calibrates a hydraulic model with hydrant tests and billing data, and forecasts an average-day supply increase from about 4.9 million gallons per day (MGD) today to roughly 6.65 MGD by 2043 and a maximum-day demand rising toward 12 MGD. The plan matters because it seeks to give city staff a single, calibrated model to test improvements, size mains for fire flow and guide development decisions. The presentation noted that the city currently loses an estimated 1.6 MGD, about 33 percent of supply, and that…
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