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For more information contact Mike McCann, Carmen-Smith License Implementation Manager at (541) <br />685-7379. <br />Veneta Pipeline Construction Update <br />In April 2010, EWEB entered into a contract to sell wholesale water to the City of Veneta. Ground <br />water currently serves as Veneta’s sole water supply source, with five ground water wells presently <br />owned and operated by the City. However studies have indicated that the aquifer has a limited ability to <br />provide sufficient water to meet future needs. The contract with EWEB provided certainty that Veneta <br />could obtain a safe and reliable source of water by building a 9.7 mile pipeline to the Eugene city limits <br />and connecting into the EWEB water distribution system. <br /> <br />Wholesale water supply contracts benefit EWEB customers. Treating and delivering water comes with <br />high fixed overhead costs. Spreading those costs over a wider retail and wholesale base helps lower <br />costs and minimize the magnitude of future rate increases. Currently, wholesale water sales represent <br />about 8 percent of EWEB’s total annual water sales. Two of the three water rights EWEB holds for the <br />McKenzie are perfected. The utility must demonstrate to state water authorities that it can put the <br />volume granted under the third water right to beneficial use within a reasonable time frame. Selling <br />surplus water to wholesale customers helps EWEB show there is a need for that water. <br /> <br />The proposed project consists of connecting a new a 24-inch diameter water line to an existing EWEB <br />main at West 11th Avenue (Highway 126) and Terry Street in west Eugene. The new water line will run <br />approximately 9.7 miles to the City of Veneta Public Works yard. Installation will be primarily by <br />trenching along the roadside, with boring used in crossing sensitive habitats (Coyote Creek on Cantrell <br />Road, Job Swale and the West Fork of Coyote Creek on Perkins Road). The only portion of the 9.7-mile <br />long project that will have a temporary impact to wetlands is the 1.7-mile length alongside Highway <br />126. No permanent wetland impacts will occur with the proposed project. <br /> <br />The City of Veneta has secured ARRA funds to help offset the construction costs, and is currently in <br />preliminary design phase for this project. The City anticipates that it will start the construction bidding <br />process in late March of 2012. EWEB’s portion (approximately 1 mile along the north side of Highway <br />126 from Terry Street west to Greenhill Road) of the construction project will be bid around this same <br />time. The preliminary schedule is that construction will begin in July of 2012 with an expected <br />completion data of September 2013. <br /> <br />In times of water shortage or drought, city of Eugene customers would have first priority to the water. <br />Under the contract, Veneta will maintain a secondary source of water in case of EWEB water shortage <br />or curtailment. <br /> <br />For more information contact Brad Taylor, EWEB Water Planning Supervisor at (541) 685-7385). <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />
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