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Santa Fe officials report progress, timeline changes on Nichols Dam outlet rehabilitation
Summary
Engineers told the Public Works and Utilities Committee the Nichols Dam outlet rehabilitation is about 75% complete, with dam-safety work now expected in July and substantial completion targeted for October; funding includes a Water Trust Board award and a Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan.
Taylor Jurgens, an engineer with the city water division, told the Santa Fe Public Works and Utilities Committee on May 19 that the Nichols Dam outlet rehabilitation is roughly three-quarters complete and that the dam-safety portion is now likely to finish in July, with overall substantial completion targeted for October.
The project combines dam-safety work (lining and grouting the outlet conduit and installing a downstream sand filter) with operational and water quality upgrades (modified intake, two new valve vaults, a new VSA building and an aeration system). The city awarded the contract to C.F. Padilla in 2023; the original low bid was just under $17 million. Two subsequent amendments totaling about $2.3 million raised the contract to $19.2 million, and roughly 72%…
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