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2006 Water Comprehensive Plan - City of Bellevue

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separation <strong>of</strong> common water inlets/outlets at reservoirs to improve mixing, and piping upgradesto decrease water age. The project scope also includes improvements to enhance <strong>Bellevue</strong>’sability to monitor water quality. The project was initiated in 2001 and is expected to becompleted in 2009.RECOMMENDED SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTSThe 1998 <strong>Water</strong> <strong>Comprehensive</strong> <strong>Plan</strong> identified long term improvement needs to addressstorage and regional inlet capacity deficiencies expected to occur just beyond the 20 yearplanning horizon <strong>of</strong> that plan. The need for those improvements fall within the planning horizonfor this <strong>Plan</strong> update. These improvements were addressed in detail by this <strong>Plan</strong> in Chapter 8 andare included below under “Projects to Address Future Capacity Needs”.The 1998 <strong>Plan</strong> also identified and discussed several on-going capital improvement programsrelated to maintaining and upgrading the <strong>City</strong>’s existing infrastructure. The individual projectsunder each program are identified on an annual basis and are located throughout the waterservice area. This <strong>Plan</strong> recommends the continuation <strong>of</strong> these programs, and recognizes theaddition <strong>of</strong> programs for replacement <strong>of</strong> water service lines and saddles, and for rehabilitation <strong>of</strong>pump stations. Each program is discussed below under “On-going Capital Programs” and listedin Table 11-2.Projects to Address Future Capacity NeedsFour capacity improvement projects have been identified by the system analysis summarized inChapter 8. These improvements are needed to address deficiencies expected to occur as a result<strong>of</strong> future growth and increasing water demands within <strong>Bellevue</strong>’s Central Business District(downtown), within the 20 year planning horizon.Addition <strong>of</strong> Storage to the West <strong>Bellevue</strong> Operating AreaIn the West Operating Area, calculated storage requirements are greater than provided byavailable storage reservoirs. This is projected to first occur in 2018. This project wouldconstruct 2.35 MG <strong>of</strong> additional storage. Of this total, approximately 1 MG is needed by 2025.Therefore, if 1 MG <strong>of</strong> storage is added by 2018, then additional storage will not be needed until2025.Increase System Capacity to Transfer <strong>Water</strong> from East to West Operating AreasThe total storage deficiency <strong>of</strong> 2.35 MG in the West Operating Area does not necessarily needto be addressed by constructing new storage. Additional storage capacity can be made availableto the West <strong>Bellevue</strong> Operating Area from the East <strong>Bellevue</strong> Operating Area’s 5 MG <strong>of</strong> surplusstorage. This project would construct two new 12-inch diameter mains and two large PRVstations to allow a greater volume <strong>of</strong> water to move from East to West Operating Areas.11-2

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