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<br /> <br />.. -" .. I I r I ~ <br /> <br />.::.t'<>...... <br /> <br />In 1995. the Southern i\'t'vada \'('ater <br />Authoritv launched a $2.1 f)llhon pulJlic <br />worb program to t'/lSUTt' waler ddiwry <br />keeps pMe with trl'ml'nduu:- grow.th in <br />the Las \i'gas \:ll1t,\" The Capital <br /> <br />. a , , ; ~. ... r .... ,. ,. J, , <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />~ a. . , <br /> <br />Improwmenls Program (CIPl will also <br />expand and upgrade watt'r treatment and <br />deh\'t'r~' capabilitie~ to l'n,"ure a saft, and <br />reli.1Llc supply of waler, <br /> <br />At the end of 2000. the CIP was approximalely two-thirds complete and mure thim <br />$ 1.4 billion had been spent or mmmillt'd. The CIP is phased so fat'ihties Me nlnstructed <br />only as they are /It'eded and lIlcludes the follO\\'in~ improvements: <br /> <br />. Lake Mead Intake No.2: Cum,lsls of a :-econd intake or "straw" inlo Lake <br />:-"Iead. iI fore bay, aqut'ducL umh'rgrollnd tunneling and new pU\\'er nO:-Sllll<:. The <br />senllld lIltake was completed In 2000. <br /> <br />. Lake Mead Raw Water Pumping System: Consi:-Is uf t\\'o lIll,ikl' pumping <br />:-t,t1ioll:-, two booster pumping stations and pipeline. It is scheduled for ctllTlpleliotl <br />In 2002, <br /> <br />. River Mountains Water Treatment Facility: A Ill'\,- filCJllt~, Ihal Will Ust' it <br />:-Iate-of-the-art o./onallUll pnKt.ss 10 treat up 10 150 nlllllun gallull:- uf water per <br />d.l)' (m~dl. Scht.dllled for operation in 2002. the filt'ilil\' and lIs capaLlty wltl be <br />{'\panded again In 2()U4 to mt'et popuLl\lon pro;ectHJn:-. <br /> <br />. Alfred Merritt Smith Water Treatment Facility IS hellll~ up~ri\ded tu <br />include the new o/onOltioll treatnwnt prnce:-s, The relrofit IS ~chedlllt'd for <br />complt'llun in 2002. <br /> <br />In additioll. the Capilallmpro\'t'nlt'nls <br />Prol.\ram Illclude:- murt' th,ln 60 miles llf <br />addltiollal pI pel lilt' to bfln~ water to nt'w <br />and t"p,mdln~ CUnlmulllties In our rt'~lon: <br />The \\est \allt'y Lateral. whit'h lIlclmb <br />the i I ml!.d Simmom Pumplll~ Station: <br />Ea:-l \altey Lateral. h'hlt'h lIlclu{b the <br />20 mild SllJan Pumping Station, 20 mgd <br />Lamp Purnplll~ StatIOn and Grand Teton <br /> <br />Rest'rnllr: and the South \;llle~' Literal <br />hhll'h lIlcllldc:- the 150 llI1!d RJ\t'f <br />:.Iountalll:- PUlllpinl.\ Station and two nl'W <br />rest'f\Olrs; h<-l\'e alread~- be't'n nHnpll'tl'd. <br />The :\llrth \allt'\, Lateral. \,hlch \,-ill <br />mclude tht' 24 mgd GO\\'an PUlllpln~ <br />StiltlOn '1mJ 20 Illilhon.~alloll Dn'atllr <br />Hl'sernllr. IS :-Chl'c!UIt.d (or completIon <br />m 2002. <br /> <br />II <br />