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Staff outlines Jordan Lake intake project, interlocal partners and phased contract approach
Summary
City staff briefed council on a multi-phase Jordan Lake intake project that allocates storage percentages among partners, involves multiple contract amendments and anticipates additional partners buying capacity; staff said the current work funds preconstruction, permitting and intake design and that construction will require a later amendment.
City staff provided a technical briefing on the Jordan Lake intake and raw-water transmission project, describing partner shares, contract phases and the expected benefits to Durhamand neighboring jurisdictions.
Seed Miller, assistant director in the citywater/aqueous utilities department, explained that Jordan Lake is a multipurpose federal reservoir operated under a contract involving the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state. The state then assigns storage capacity to local governments; Durham currently holds an allocation expected to average 16.5 million gallons per day. Staff described partner shares for the planned intake and transmission…
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