Intake System Improvements
Lake Mead Intake No. 2 was one of the
cornerstone projects of the CIP.
Drawing water in through the intake system is the first process of the water treatment and transmission system.
The Capital Improvement Program's (CIP) intake system projects included:
- Lake Mead Intake No. 2
- Raw Water Pumping System
- River Mountains Aqueduct
- Low Lift Pumping Station
Lake Mead Intake No. 2
Completed in 2002, the Lake Mead Intake No. 2 was one of the cornerstone projects of the Water Authority's Capital Improvements Program. Located deep below the lake's surface, the intake draws in water for the River Mountains Water Treatment Facility in Henderson.
Water flows through the intake into a 1,600-foot-long and 14-foot-wide tunnel to a large, underground pumping forebay. From here, submerged pumps draw water through 22 well shafts.
The Bay Aqueduct under Boulder Bay delivers water from the intake pumping stations to a series of pumping stations that boost the water up through the River Mountains Tunnel and on to the River Mountains Water Treatment Facility.
Raw Water Pumping System
The Raw Water Pumping System collects water from Lake Mead via Intake No. 2. A series of pumping stations pump the water uphill through the River Mountains tunnel to the River Mountains Water Treatment Facility, where the water is treated and sent through the distribution system.
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