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Freeport Project Construction Activities
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Freeport Project Construction Activities
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 FRWA is in the process of constructing a new water intake facility/pumping plant and 17-mile underground water pipeline within Sacramento County. The new water intake facility and pumping plant is located on the Sacramento River at the Freeport Bend, upstream of the town of Freeport and about 10 miles south of downtown Sacramento. The pumping plant will divert up to 185 million gallons per day (mgd) of water from the river and pump it through new pipelines to other project facilities. The water intake facility will include state-of-the-art fish screens to protect fish populations in the river. Construction of the water intake facility began in January 2007. The facility and its surrounding structures will be completed in November 2009. An 84-inch diameter pipeline will run from the water intake facility to the intersection of Gerber and Vineyard Roads in central Sacramento County, where the pipeline will split into two branches. One branch of the pipeline will continue on Gerber Road to the Folsom South Canal in eastern Sacramento County. Water will discharge into the canal and flow to a second pumping plant at the canals southern end. The pumping plant will then pump the water through a new pipeline in San Joaquin County to the Mokelumne Aqueducts. The water will flow down the aqueducts for use by EBMUD customers. EBMUD will rely on the new facilities to provide supplemental water during dry years only. The other branch of the pipeline will head one mile north of Vineyard Road to a new water treatment plant on Florin and Knox Roads operated by SCWA. This plant will treat water for delivery to the agencys customers in central Sacramento County. For purposes of efficiency and oversight, construction of the pipeline will be completed in four segments. Below is a general summary of the four pipeline alignment routes in Sacramento County and an approximate construction timeline for each segment. The entire duration of pipeline construction will be approximately two years. Pipeline Segment 1 Location: I-5 east to Hwy. 99 in Sacramento County Pipeline Segment 2 Location: Hwy. 99 east to Gerber/Vineyard Road intersection in Sacramento County Pipeline Segment 3 Location: Gerber/Vineyard Road intersection east to the Folsom South Canal Pipeline Segment 4 Location: Gerber/Vineyard Road intersection north to SCWAs new surface water |
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