facilities
At the center of the reservoir program are the water related facilities.
These facilities will combine to withdraw water from the Mattaponi River
during periods of high flow and store the water in the new lake. The lake
will serve to settle the water and remove nutrients that would otherwise
end up in the Chesapeake Bay. A pipeline that will be directionally
drilled beneath Cohoke Creek and the Pamunkey River will deliver the
settled water to Diascund Reservoir in New Kent County. Withdrawals
from the existing pump station facilities on the Chickahominy River will
subsequently be balanced by the new withdrawals from the Mattaponi River.
Project facilities include: 75 mgd intake and river pump station, 1.5
mile transfer pipeline, 1,526 acre lake, 1,700 foot long dam, primary and
emergency spillways, 50-mgd reservoir pump station, 11.7 mile pipeline
and outfall to Diascund Reservoir, road and utility relocation, and
recreation facilities.
The current cost estimate for the engineering and construction elements
of the water supply facilities is $145 million. Preliminary design
drawings for each of the project facilities are available by selecting
them from the map to the right
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