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Facilities Authorized for Construction - First Stage

Barrier

1      

Intake pumping plant

1      

Reject pumping plant

1      

Evaporation ponds

25      

Bypass pipeline

5 mi  

Collection Facilities

Interception and Collection System

Interception System

Collection System

Carriage Facilities

Supply Pipeline

Location

From the Intake Pumping Plant to a regulating tank at the desalting plant site.

Construction period

 

Description

Precast concrete pipe.

   Length

0.27 mi  

   Diameter

27 in  

   Capacity

20 cfs  

Reject Brine Pipeline

Location

From the reject pumping plant to the evaporation ponds

Construction period

Construction delayed  

Description

Precast concrete pipe.

   Length

3.5 mi  

   Diameter

18 in  

   Capacity

10 cfs  

Bypass Pipeline  -  (First and Second Stages)

Location

From Clark County's Advance Wastewater Treatment Plant along the north side of Las Vegas Wash; terminates downstream of the Barrier.

Construction period

Scheduled 1978-1980  

Length

5 mi  

Diameter

66-78 in  

Capacity

240 cfs  

Regulating Tank

Location

Desalting plant site.

Construction period

Construction delayed  

Description

Steel

Length

30 ft  

Diameter

50 ft  

Las Vegas Wash Membrane Desalting Plant

Location

On the south side of Las Vegas Wash about 1,400 ft upstream from the intake pumping plant near the barrier.

Construction period

Not yet scheduled  

Description

Reverse osmosis

   Quality input

4,200 ppm  

   Quality output

700 ppm  

   Quantity

20 cfs  

Plant site:

 

   Length

676 ft  

   Width

355 ft  

Plant capacity

13 MGD  

Product Water Pipeline

Location

From the desalting plant to a settling pool in Las Vegas Wash immediately below the barrier dam.

Construction period

 

Length

0.28 mi  

Diameter

18 in  

Capacity

18 cfs  

Power Supply - First and Second Stages

Power for the facilities will be provided by the Nevada Power Co. It is expected the company will extend an existing 12-kV line 8,900 ft to the intake pumping plant and desalting plant sites. Control meters located at each load area will provide final adjustment for utilization voltages.

Pumping Plants

Designation

Number of units

Total capacity, cfs

Total dynamic head, ft

Total horsepower

First stage intake

3

10.5

105

 

Reject

3

10.5

199

 

Second Stage intake additions1

2

10.5

105

 

    1 Second stage facilities (essentially an addition of a desalting plant to the first stage, some modification to first stage facilities will be required).

 
 

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