Home » FSCC Construction Activities

• Intake Facility
• Pipeline Segment 1
• Pipeline Segment 2
• Pipeline Segment 3
• Pipeline Segment 4

• Clay Station Pumping Plant
• Northern Reach Pipeline
• Middle Reach Pipeline
• Southern Reach Pipeline and Mokelumne Tunnel
• Camanche Pumping Plant
• Brandt Flow Splitting Facility

Overview

The Folsom South Canal Connection (FSCC) project is a portion of the overall Freeport Regional Water Project (FRWP). The FRWP diverts water from the Sacramento River at Freeport and pumps it to the Folsom South Canal (FSC) for water deliveries to the District and to the new Vineyard water treatment plant in the vicinity of Florin and Vineyard Roads for water deliveries to the Sacramento County Water Agency (SCWA). SCWA will treat and distribute the water within its service area. East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) deliveries will flow south in the FSC to the canal terminus and will be subsequently conveyed by the FSCC project facilities to the Mokelumne Aqueducts for transmission into the District’s service area.

The FSCC project is underway and will continue from Fall 2007 through Fall 2009. While the majority of construction will be completed in 2009, actual project integration and completion is expected in Summer 2010.

When completed, the project will deliver water to the Mokelumne Aqueducts in San Joaquin County where it will continue on its journey to EBMUD’s service area in the East Bay. The water will be delivered only during droughts, which on average occur three out of every ten years.

Construction

During construction, you may see large equipment being moved as well as in increase in truck traffic in specific construction areas. Please pay close attention to signage, traffic personnel and construction workers to ensure everyone’s safety – including your own.

Adequate notice will be posted in the event of any road closures. As with any construction project, there will be the usual dust and noise, but we will minimize those impacts to the extent possible. Construction will usually take place Monday through Friday, from 7 AM to 8 PM.

There may be short-term road closures during construction on Clay Station, Elliott and Liberty Roads. Flagmen will be stationed at the closures as required to ensure safety. Since construction is expected to be moving at a rate of 100 to 300 feet per day, traffic delays in any one area will be short.

After Construction

The pipe will be buried, and except for concrete vaults at the surface approximately every 1,000 feet, the pipeline will not be visible after construction.

District maintenance crews will use existing public roadways to conduct drive-by inspections of the pipeline easement on a routine basis, about once a week. EBMUD crews will do routine maintenance of valves and vaults along the pipeline at least twice a year, and will require access to them at all times.