Bowen Collins & Associates provided a full scope of engineering and program management services to MWDSLS for the $300 million Metro Water Project. Project facilities included a new 70 million gallon per day Point of the Mountain Water Treatment Plant, expansion of the existing Little Cottonwood Water Treatment Plant, new finished and raw water reservoirs ranging in size up to 40 million gallons, a new 10,000 horsepower finished water pump station, and over 15 miles of new 48-, 60-, and 84-inch welded steel pipeline (Point of the Mountain Aqueduct) connecting the new facilities. From early conceptual planning stages through startup of the new facilities, BC&A assisted MWDSLS with master planning services, capital cost and budgeting analysis, conceptual design, management of final design services, construction management and overall program management of this critical infrastructure project for the Salt Lake Valley.

Quick Project Facts:

• Master planning and program management services spanning over eight years
• Conceptual design of the Point of the Mountain Transmission System Facilities
• Conceptual design of the Little Cottonwood Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project
• Project management for Point of the Mountain Aqueduct
• Responsible for a $4 million construction management effort for Point of the Mountain Aqueduct
• Full time public information program including media relations and communication plan
• Oversight of a $2 million right-of-way acquisition program
• Included over three miles of new public recreation trail and landscaping restoration of sensitive environmental areas
• Extensive coordination with cities, county, state agencies, utilities, canal companies, and others