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<br /> <br />/--A <br />~ <br />CD <br />-.J <br /> <br />DEPaRTMBNT af the INTERIOR <br />~~[CImIlWL news release <br /> <br />n~ JUL 201981 U <br />~OLQRADO WATER <br />C'J;:S'C:R\lATION BOARD <br /> <br />l <br /> <br />BUREAU OF RECLAMATION <br /> <br />Harrod 343-4662 <br /> <br />For Release <br /> <br />Tilly ].4, <br /> <br />] gill <br /> <br />RECLAMATION AWARDS $2.4 MILLION CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION <br />OF YUMA DESALTING PLANT SWITCHYARD <br /> <br />Robert N. Broadhent, Commissioner of Reclamation, today announced the <br /> <br />award of a $2,437,700 contract to Addison Construction Company of Denver, Colo., <br /> <br />for construction of a 161-kilovolt switchyard at its Yuma Desalting Plant site <br /> <br />four miles west of YllmA, Arb:. <br /> <br />Under terms of the contract, Addison will prepare the switchyard site; <br />furnish and erect all switchyard facilities, including a control building and <br />40,000 liter capacity oil storage tank; and furnish and install all electrical <br />equipment and systems. The firm will also design some of the switchyard features. <br /> <br />A 3.9 mile-long, 161-kilovolt transmission line from Knob Substation, <br />located northwest of Yuma in Imperial County, Calif., will carry power to the <br />switchyard. A $749,461 contract for construction of this line was awarded to <br />a California firm in March, and construction was begun. <br /> <br />The Yuma Desalting Plant is the central Title I feature of the Colorado River <br />Basin Salinity Control Project, a federally sponsored project to meet treaty <br />obligations placing limits on the salt content of Colorado River water flowing <br />into Mexico. <br /> <br />The first construction contract for the plant, which included site prepara- <br />tion and intake system construction, is about 95 percent complete. <br /> <br />The next major construction contract for the pretreatment system and <br />desalting plant is scheduled for award in July 1982. <br /> <br />Construction of the switchyard will take about 18 months. <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />/I <br /> <br />II <br /> <br /> <br />]NT 3510-61 <br />1IIIIlllflllll/I/IIIlIIUI <br /> <br />E' d <br />( ;J-/ <br />