Video: $3.2 Million Pump Will Bring Sacramento Water to Rosemont

Rosemont residents will soon be getting at least some of their water from a new source: the city of Sacramento.

California American Water, the provider that services Rosemont, has begun construction on a new pump to draw water from the city of Sacramento, which draws its water from the American River. The new pump is located near Reith Court, which connects Watt Avenue to Kiefer Boulevard.

Rosemont currently gets its water from groundwater sources, according to a video produced by California American Water.

The new system will also allow the groundwater sources to rest and refill, giving time for contaminants found near Aerojet and Mather Air Force Base to filter out.

The full press release from California American Water is below:

California American Water has begun construction of its Folsom Boulevard pump station, which, when completed, will provide additional surface water supplies to customers in the company water systems in the Rosemont, La Riveria and Rancho Cordova areas.

The new pumping station will enable these systems to receive purchased water from the City of Sacramento. The area currently relies almost solely on local groundwater to supply a population of approximately 56,000. Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater provides environmental and water quality benefits by allowing greater use of surface water supplies during wet months.

It also reduces pumping from local underground aquifers, helping to protect them from overdraft and the spread of contamination plumes that have been found near Aerojet and Mather Air Force Base. The $3.2-million project will be built at the intersection of South Watt Avenue and Folsom Boulevard. Once completed, it will be able to pump more than 3 million gallons of water per day, which is about 35 percent of area’s average daily use.

“This pumping station will enable us to deliver surface water purchased from the City of Sacramento to our Suburban and Rosemont systems,” said Andy Soulé, California American Water’s Northern Division general manager. “By doing so, we will diversify the area’s water supply, which previously relied upon groundwater as its source. This conjunctive use project will allow is to better manage water supply and reliability in the coming decades.”

The project is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2012. Service interruptions and traffic restrictions are not expected as a result of the project’s construction.