Newell Water System Renovation
Project Overview
Basics
Newell Water System Renovation
- Address Climate Change and Extreme Event Effects, Impacts and Vulnerabilities
- Conserve, Enhance and Restore Watersheds and Ecosystems that Support Biological Diversity
- Ensure that Disadvantaged and Underrepresented Communities Benefit from Initiatives
- Ensure Water Supply Reliability and Quality
- Protect and Enhance Watersheds and Ecosystems that Provide Water Quality and Supply Benefits
- Respect Local Autonomy and Local Knowledge in NCRP Planning and Implementation
NCRP IRWM Prop 50 R1 (SWRCB)
Completed
The Newell County Water District water system renovation project has dramatically reduced treated drinking water losses from storage, transmission, and distribution system. The project has vastly improved water use efficiency and significantly improved the safety of the water system and improved environmental resources by reducing groundwater pumping and reduced potential contamination risks to the wildlife and habitat of the Clear Lake and Tulelake National Wildlife Refuges.
2006
2008
2008
11/26/2023
Project Attributes
General Information
Project Description Narrative (1,000 character limit)
The Newell drinking water system consisted of three wells, two storage tanks (25,000 and 100,000 gallons) and an unknown length of distribution and lateral service pipelines. Approximately 25,000 feet of the known system was original steel pipe dating from the 1940s and there were also ductile iron pipes with leaded joints. All of these pipes were still in use far beyond their useful life and inspections showed that the pipes were rusting from the inside out. Only two of the District’s three wells were operational; Well No. 3 was not functioning. Water from all three pumps needed to be redirected to storage before entering the distribution system to correct chlorination contact time deficiencies. Additionally, an old well that had not been properly abandoned had the potential to further contaminate the water system.
Solutions
Capacity - Year-round Local Capacity, Climate Action - Adaptation, Community Health and Safety - Community Infrastructure
Spatial Information
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Project Benefit Performance Measures
Expected Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Avoided Costs | Cost category: Water supply and/ or treatment costs | $70,000.00 |
| Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects | Activity focus: Infrastructure improvement | 1 count |
| Firefighting capacity/infrastructure improved - # of projects | 1 count | |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | 9 | |
| Water supply - infrastructure improvements | Project type: Infrastructure repair/improvement | 105.29 acre-ft |
| Water supply improved - households impacted | 194 |
Reported Project Benefit Performance Measures
| Avoided Costs | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cost category | 2008 | Units |
| Water supply and/ or treatment costs | $70,000 | |
| Total | $70,000 | |
| Community Health and Safety - # of projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project type | 2008 | Units |
| Drinking water supply/ quality protection/ improvements | 1 | count |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Environmental justice and social equity - # of projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Activity focus | 2008 | Units |
| Infrastructure improvement | 1 | count |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Firefighting capacity/infrastructure improved - # of projects | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Units | |
| 1 | count | |
| Total | 1 | count |
| Jobs created or retained (FTE) | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Units | |
| 9 | number | |
| Total | 9 | number |
| Water supply - infrastructure improvements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Project type | 2008 | Units |
| Infrastructure repair/improvement | 105.29 | acre-ft |
| Increased storage | 0.3 | acre-ft |
| Total | 105.59 | acre-ft |
| Water supply improved - households impacted | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Units | |
| 245 | number | |
| Total | 245 | number |
Financials
Budget
| Comment: | None provided |
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Reported Expenditures
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRWM Prop 50 R1 (SWRCB) (Inactive) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $1,485,228.00 | $1,485,228.00 |
| Matching Funds (Matching Funds) | $0.00 | $0.00 | $8,000.00 | $8,000.00 |
| Grand Total | $0.00 | $0.00 | $1,493,228.00 | $1,493,228.00 |
| Note: | None provided |
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Project Types
Project Types
The project enhances fire preparedness through installation of new fire hydrants.
The project implemented infrastructure improvements to water treatment and delivery infrastructure for the disadvantaged community of Newell.
Project implementation has reduced potential contamination risks to the wildlife and habitat of the Clear Lake and Tulelake National Wildlife Refuges, thus enhancing watershed conditions.
By implementing infrastructure improvements to increase water supply quality and reliability, this project enhances the community of Newell's climate resiliency.
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