San Juan Lateral Water Treatment Plant secures
sustainable, clean water for Navajo communities
DALLAS, Oct. 22,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Jacobs (NYSE: J) was selected by
the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to design and build the San Juan
Lateral Water Treatment Plant in northwest New Mexico. At a cost of $267 million, the plant is the largest and most
important component of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project.
Prior to the project's initiation, more than 40 percent of the
Navajo Nation households relied on hauling water to meet their
daily needs, and to this day the Navajo Nation estimates that over
a third of Navajo Nation households rely on hauling water to meet
their daily needs. When completed, the project will provide water
supplies to approximately 250,000 people in 43 Navajo chapters.
Jacobs will design and build the San Juan Lateral Water
Treatment Plant to initially treat up to 18.8 million gallons of
water per day, with the ability to double the plant's capacity. At
full build-out the plant will be able to serve over 200,000 people.
The project also includes commissioning of the San Juan Lateral
distribution system, and operations and maintenance.
"Critical to improving the living conditions for Navajo communities, in addition to basic
drinking water, this plant will provide water for
commercial and retail businesses, health care, schools and
other facilities," said Vice President Design-Build and
Operations Management and Facilities Services Greg Fischer. "Our
approach provides the Bureau of Reclamation a more efficient way of
delivering critical infrastructure necessary to supply clean,
reliable, long-term water for this community."
When complete, the water supply project will divert 37,761
acre-feet of water annually from the San Juan River Basin through
two Jacobs-delivered water treatment plants. Once treated,
according to Safe Drinking Water Act standards, the water will be
conveyed and delivered through nearly 300 miles of pipeline, 19
pumping plants and several storage tanks.
"We are extremely pleased to award this contract to Jacobs, who
we have a long-standing relationship with, having completed the
award-winning Cutter Lateral Water Treatment Plant in 2020. Their
consistent quality of work, reliability, dedication and proactive
approach make them an invaluable partner," said Reclamation's Four
Corners Construction Office Construction Engineer/Manager
Bart Deming. "We look forward to
continuing our collaboration and delivering safe, reliable drinking
water together for the Navajo
people."
The Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project, funded in part by the
Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion Fund through the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, provides safe drinking water to
Navajo communities in Gallup, New Mexico and Window Rock, Arizona. The project is 70
percent complete, with initial water deliveries expected in late
2028 and final completion by the end of 2029.
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