Water Topics

Overview Committee

June 4, 2020

Mary Massad

Manager/CEO

Southwest Pipeline Project

The Promise of Water

County Locations StandardService

Pasture TapService

High Consumption

Other*

Adams 23 locations 13 9 1 0

Billings 70 locations 32 31 2 5

Bowman 39 locations 20 13 3 3

Dunn 193 locations 118 61 5 9

Golden Valley 57 locations 32 22 2 1

Grant 56 locations 28 22 2 4

Hettinger 57 locations 39 16 2 0

Mercer 8 locations 2 5 0 1

Morton 45 locations 26 18 3 2

Oliver 0 locations 0 0 0 0

Slope 34 locations 16 14 2 2

Stark 166 locations 103 24 10 7

Grassy Butte(McKenzie County)

30 locations 16 6 2 6

Totals 760 445 241 34 40

As of May 15, 2020

Waiting List

• Hydraulic reviews were conducted of each service area

• Reviewed & identified strategic hydraulic improvements to

increase capacity for waiting list locations

• Strategic hydraulic improvement projects include:

• Booster pump stations, parallel piping, and additional

reservoirs

• We have identified a short list of eight projects which provide

the most benefit for the cost

• The estimated cost to construct these eight projects is

approximately $4.6 million

• Construction of these eight projects will provide capacity for

186 waiting list locations

Strategic Hydraulic Improvements

Transmission Capacity Upgrades

Transmission Capacity Upgrades

• Estimated construction costs:

• $7.2 million

• Currently in design and easement acquisition phase

• Expected to bid in 2020

• Will increase capacity by 30%

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Southwest Pipeline Project

Supplementary Intake

Supplementary Intake

• Current intake is a shared facility with the Basin

Electric Power Cooperative – Not enough

• Supplementary intake contract includes:

• Caisson is150 feet deep & 24.5 feet diameter

• 2,700 feet intake pipe with screen structure

• Notice to proceed: September 17, 2013

• Original completion date: December 14, 2014

• Caisson shaft complete March 2015

• Two micro-tunneling attempts to date

• Micro-tunnel boring machine (MTBM) along the first

alignment launched July 2015

• First incident occurred on November 1, 2015

• Pipeline was 65% complete at 1,780 feet

• Second MTBM launched July 2017

• Second incident occurred on October 4, 2017

• 1,000 feet of the 2,700 feet was installed

Supplementary Intake

1. Current Intake is shared with Basin Electric

2. Agreement for 10,600 gpm

3. 17,600 gpm is needed

Supplementary Intake

• Current plan - Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) of 36”

Welded Steel Pipe

• Easement and construction license from the United States

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is required for the

intake

• The local offices of the Bureau of Reclamation and the

USACE are fully engaged with the project

• We are waiting on information on environmental impacts

from the contractor so the federal review process can be

completed

The Promise of Water

THANK YOU!

Southwest Pipeline Project

Return on Investment RESOURCES BOND

YEAR TRUST FUND PAYMENTS TOTAL

1991 11,166.00$ 11,166.00$

1992 212,899.00$ 212,899.00$

1993 195,973.00$ 195,973.00$

1994 300,472.00$ 300,472.00$

1995 504,179.00$ 504,179.00$

1996 734,994.15$ 734,994.15$

1997 389,111.41$ 468,801.59$ 857,913.00$

1998 415,197.60$ 500,593.77$ 915,791.37$

1999 349,574.05$ 676,423.19$ 1,025,997.24$

2000 418,164.86$ 728,614.91$ 1,146,779.77$

2001 475,021.15$ 833,246.78$ 1,308,267.93$

2002 416,859.08$ 1,015,365.60$ 1,432,224.68$

2003 458,780.10$ 1,122,504.11$ 1,581,284.21$

2004 615,337.62$ 1,005,901.63$ 1,621,239.25$

2005 661,099.95$ 1,045,858.38$ 1,706,958.33$

2006 611,674.29$ 1,336,805.97$ 1,948,480.26$

2007 856,597.12$ 1,451,468.74$ 2,308,065.86$

2008 1,451,385.68$ 1,004,121.20$ 2,455,506.88$

2009 1,504,429.59$ 1,114,558.52$ 2,618,988.11$

2010 877,624.28$ 1,898,922.31$ 2,776,546.59$

2011 1,793,563.59$ 1,282,852.85$ 3,076,416.44$

2012 3,303,608.16$ 983,667.70$ 4,287,275.86$

2013 3,080,405.43$ 1,441,235.41$ 4,521,640.84$

2014 3,753,622.85$ 1,340,702.63$ 5,094,325.48$

2015 4,776,377.17$ 4,776,377.17$

2016 4,936,757.79$ 4,936,757.79$

2017 5,258,182.90$ 5,258,182.90$

2018 5,015,416.74$ 5,015,416.74$

2019 5,079,128.39$ 5,079,128.39$

2020 1,921,651.09$ 1,921,651.09$

50,379,254.04$ 19,251,645.29$ 69,630,899.33$

Perkins County 5,459,000.00$ 5,459,000.00$

55,838,254.04$ 19,251,645.29$ 75,089,899.33$

Jan 354,977.89$ 354,977.89$

Feb 395,706.54$ 750,684.43$

Mar 402,768.06$ 1,153,452.49$

Apr 382,986.70$ 1,536,439.19$

May 385,211.90$ 1,921,651.09$

• Population served is ~56,000

• Over 7,270 rural customers

• 2,346 paid for their own

connection (subsequent)

• 33 communities

• 22 contract customers

• 2 additional rural water systems

• 22 raw water customers

• 3 crew camps

• 3 water treatment plants

• 2 raw water depots

• 46 employees

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