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Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza. Border Environment Cooperation Commission. Elephant Butte Irrigation District. North American Development Bank. Elephant Butte Irrigation District Water Conservation Project Pipe Installation on Unlined Earthen Laterals. Project Description.
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Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza Border Environment Cooperation Commission Elephant Butte Irrigation District North American Development Bank Elephant Butte Irrigation DistrictWater Conservation ProjectPipe Installation on Unlined Earthen Laterals
Project Description • 20 Laterals • 15.0 Miles of Pipeline • Arrey System • Leasburg System • Mesilla System • 48” UltraFlo Pipe • 3-Year Construction Schedule
Selection Criteria Identified as “problem areas” due to: • High seepage • High maintenance • Weed growth • Ditch breaks • Low capacity • Increase to maintain approx 35-40 cfs • Encroachments • Minimal Environmental Impact
Arrey System Trujillo Lateral • Moore Lateral • Palmer Lateral • S-2 Lateral • Trujillo Lateral • Vega Lateral • Williams Lateral Vega Lateral Moore Lateral Palmer Lateral Willams Lateral S-2 Lateral
Leasburg System Kerr Lateral • Corralitos Lateral • Crapps Lateral • Elwood Lateral • Kelso Lateral • Kerr Lateral • School Lateral • Utting Lateral Kelso Lateral Elwood Lateral Crapps Lateral School Lateral Corralitos Lateral Utting Lateral
Mesilla System Schafer Lateral • Jiminez Lateral • Langford Lateral • McKamy Lateral • McCrummen Lateral • O’Shea Lateral • Schaefer Lateral • Strout Lateral McCrummen Lateral Strout Lateral McKamy Lateral Jiminez Lateral Langford Lateral O’Shea Lateral
Project Benefits • Water Savings • Reduced Maintenance • Environmental Enhancement • Public Safety
Project Benefits • Water Conserved • Almost 3.25 billion gallons (10,000 acre-feet) of water per year due to reduced seepage • Equivalent to irrigating • 2,500 acres of Pecans • 4,000 acres of Cotton • Providing Municipal water to service • 180 gal/day a population of 50,000
Project Benefits • Reduced Maintenance Costs • not mowing 15 miles of piped laterals • Labor for mowing • Herbicides • Less wear and tear on equipment • Less weeds seed on fields • Farm savings due to less herbicide application • Eliminate weed plug
Project Benefits • Environmental Enhancements • Less use of Herbicides • Protection from illegal dumping into open ditches • Fewer contaminants to water from soil erosion and wind-blown debris • Reduced Dust • Less travel on canal banks from EBID equipment for maintenance and operations • Multiuse development • Trails, walkways, bike paths, etc.
Project Benefits • Public Safety • Reduced danger of accidents involving vehicles and/or people • Reduced water contamination • Reduced liability risks
Construction Schedule • YEAR 1 • Williams, S-2, Kerr, Kelso, Schaefer, O’Shea, McCrummen • YEAR 2 • Trujillo, Vega, Palmer, Corralitos, Crapps, Langford, Strout • YEAR 3 • Moore, Utting, School, Elwood, Jiminez, McKamy
Example 1 - Existing Pipelined Lateral (Taylor Lateral) Covered Portion
Example 2 - Existing Pipelined Lateral (Taylor Lateral) Manhole Access
Example 3 - Existing Pipelined Lateral (Taylor Lateral) Distribution Box
Where We’re At • 97% of Final Design Completed • Project Receives Grant • Bids Procurement • Construction Initiated • S-2 • Kerr • O’Shea
Gate Measured D Crescent-shaped Orifice y Computed from y and D Turn-Out/Well Metering • Well Metering • Mag-Tube • Armco Gate Metering
Current and Future Efforts • Complete coverage of metering to turnout level • Extension of groundwater metering • Complete integration of metering systems, GIS, and databases • Develop a complete water budget for individual farms and for the District
Comisión de Cooperación Ecológica Fronteriza Border Environment Cooperation Commission Elephant Butte Irrigation District North American Development Bank Thank You