Archer Western to build two water pumping plants in New Mexico

The US Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $45.9m contract to Arizona-based Archer Western Construction to build two pumping plants for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project in New Mexico.

Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project has been designed to provide water supply for 43 chapters on the Navajo Reservation, the southwest area of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation, and the City of Gallup, New Mexico.

The project will feature nearly 300 miles of pipeline, two water treatment plants, 19 pumping plants, and multiple water storage tanks.

As per the terms of the contract, Archer Western will be responsible for the construction of Tooh Haltsooi Pumping Plant near the community of Sheep Springs and Bahastl’ah Pumping Plant near the communities of Twin Lakes and Coyote Canyon.

US Bureau of Reclamation commissioner Brenda Burman said: “Today, we take another step to provide clean, reliable water supplies to the Navajo Nation and the other project participants in rural communities.

“These pumping plants will help deliver water from the San Juan River to communities along the San Juan Lateral pipeline.”

The scope of the contract includes installation of canned vertical turbine pumps as well as associated electrical and mechanical equipment.

It also covers yard piping and a water treatment building at the Tooh Haltsooi Pumping Plant site.

It will feature four pump and motor units with a total capacity of nearly 47.7 cubic feet per second (cfs) at Tooh Haltsooi Pumping Plant and 40.4 cfs at Bahastl’ah Pumping Plant.

Additionally, the project will see the construction of a water storage tank at Tooh Haltsooi Pumping Plant as well as a 1.5-million-gallon water storage tank at Bahastl’ah Pumping Plant.

The project is expected to be completed over the next three years.