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Santa Barbara water department lays out multi-year capital plan, including $50 million Cater upgrade and Gibraltar repairs
Summary
City staff presented an annual water-systems report that prioritized a large capital push: a $50 million upgrade at the Cater treatment site, transmission-main renewals, Sheffield pump-station work and major Gibraltar spillway assessments tied to new DSOD requirements. Projects will require multiple transmission shutdowns and significant sequencing to preserve supply.
City water staff presented an annual report to the Water Commission outlining a multi-year capital program that officials said is intended to stabilize aging pipelines, upgrade treatment and bolster dam infrastructure.
The presentation identified the Cater project — adding 2.5 million gallons of storage, improving chlorine contact time and seismic performance at the treatment site — with an estimated cost of $50,000,000. Staff said transmission-main renewal phase 2 is budgeted at roughly $5,000,000 and that other major work will include replacement of the Vic Trace reservoir (replace one 10-million-gallon above-ground tank with two buried 5-million-gallon prestressed concrete tanks) and electrical/mechanical upgrades at Sheffield Pump Station.
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