Mid-Valley Pipeline

The Mid-Valley Pipeline is a key component to the Coachella Valley Water Management Plan. It will alleviate groundwater overdraft by delivering additional water supplies to the Valley.

The Mid-Valley Pipeline was initially proposed in the Conjunctive Use/Surplus Water Storage Study (prepared by Bookman-Edmonston in 2000) to deliver water from the Coachella Canal to golf courses in the Mid-Valley area.

The pipeline system will operate as a conjunctive use project, allowing the District to better manage its use of canal water, groundwater, and recycled water—important elements of the District’s Water Management Plan, State Water Project Entitlement Transfer, and its associated Program EIR.

The District retained GE to design the Mid-Valley Pipeline Project, supply contract documents suitable for construction of the project, provide engineering services during bidding, and to provide construction management services during construction.

There were several challenges on this project:

• Meeting the District Project Schedule for construction (commence January 2007)
• Resolving technical challenges related to constructing the pipeline in the Coachella Valley Storm water channel
• Gaining acceptance from area golf courses
• Successfully constructing the pipeline through the Golf Resort at Indian Wells
• Completing CECA documentation
• Minimizing construction impacts to the cities of Indio, La Quinta, Indian Wells, and Palm Desert

Design is complete and construction on the project is expected to commence April 2007.