Trench box being used by RID crew

Enclosed Conduit Project

The District has several enclosed conduit projects on laterals:  Lateral 20.3 serving 103.7 acres, Lateral 77.3 serving 1344.3 acres, Lateral 82.8 serving 14.6 acres and Lateral 88.9 serving 103.8 acres.  These enclosed conduit projects involve the installation of approximately 10 miles of PVC pipe at an estimated cost of $1,117,000

Check Structures

RID crews will be retrofitting several of the check structures along the canal with Langemann Automated gates.  The automated gates coordinate the flow along the main canal by allowing more accurate and timely adjustments.  Utilizing this technology enables the gates to make adjustments as small as 1/100th of a foot.  Structures scheduled for automation are Check structure 90.4, Check structure 89.2 and Check structure 91.1.  Check structures 85.6 and 87.4 will be added to the automated control system known as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), which allows the water master to monitor by computer.

The check structure improvements are funded through a cost share program with the Bureau of Reclamation.

Wasteway 6 Re-regulation Reservoir (WW6 Re-reg)

WW6 Re-reg was built in 1988 to store short term (hourly) surpluses and to release water to meet (hourly) demands and it holds 150 acre feet of water.  It helps to alleviate fluctuations in the lower part of the system.  It's use can greatly reduce, if not eliminate, spills at Wasteways 6 and 7 in years of proration.