Santa Clara System (Gunlock to Santa Clara Pipeline)

Pipeline

Length: 17.4 mile

Type: 30” steel from Gunlock to Ivins Reservoir

Type: 28” HDPE from Ivins Reservoir to Santa Clara

Project Cost

Total Cost: $6,335,097.38

Project Timeline

2004 – construction began

2004 – construction completed

Project Engineers

Alpha Engineering

Benefits of the Project

• Replaced existing diversions and open water delivery systems along the Santa Clara River
• Provided additional water to settle water rights claims
• Allowed for water to be delivered to the St. George Clara Field Canal Company, the New Santa Clara Field Canal Company, the City of Ivins and the Shivwits Band and
• Conserves and delivers water to Ivins Reservoir supplying 3 cubic feet per second (cfs) of instream flow below the Gunlock Reservoir to be adaptively managed for the benefit of a native fish, the Virgin spinedace.