May 2008

U.S. Water News Online

RENO, Nev. —Water officials say pumps to augment Reno drinking water supplies after an earthquake damaged a water flume should be operating soon.

The 12 diesel-powered pumps should be able to move up to 40 million gallons per day from the Orr Ditch to the Chalk Bluff water treatment plant, Paul Miller, operations and water quality manager for the Truckee Meadows Water Authority, said.

That should be sufficient to meet peak summer demand after an April 25 earthquake destroyed a wooden flume that feeds the plant with water from the Highland Ditch, normally the plant's largest water source, Miller said.

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