Sacramento River Water Intake Facility

Owner: City of Sacramento
Location: Sacramento, CA
Start Date: July 2000
End Date: November 2002
Contract Amount: $31.6 million

The Sacramento River Water Intake Replacement project, just south of the confluence of the American and Sacramento rivers, entailed construction of a new 160 million gallons-per-day pump station. It includes conveyance piping from the intake structure across a new box girder bridge and under I-5 to the city's existing treatment plant.

The major work consisted of a cast-in-place reinforced concrete intake structure constructed in a cofferdam and founded on H-piles; eight vertical turbine raw-water pumps enclosed in a pump station building, along with extensive architectural features and local artwork.

The project included an automated stainless steel fish screen cleaning system, an electrical substation and a public plaza with bicycle paths.

 

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