Construction Updates
The 125-mile transmission pipeline for the Red River Valley Water Supply Project is currently under construction. When it is complete, the buried pipeline will span from the McClusky Canal to the discharge structure, which empties into the Sheyenne River, located about six miles south of Cooperstown. The Missouri River intake pumping station wet well, intake screen structure, and tunnel are complete. The outfall discharge structure on the Sheyenne River is also already constructed.
Project Timeline
2023-2025
- Transmission Pipeline Installation
- Additional Land Acquisition
2025-2032
- Final Design and Construction of All Project Features
Project Status
RRVWSP TRANSMISSION PIPELINE
CONTRACT 6A
- Estimated Start: Spring 2025
- Construction of 7.1 miles of 72-inch pipeline; 2 trenchless highway crossings; 1 trenchless wetland crossing in Foster County
- Awarded to Carstensen Contracting, Inc.
CONTRACT 5D
- Started: Spring 2024
- Estimated Completion: Spring 2026
- Construction of 10 miles of 72-inch pipeline; 1 trenchless crossing in Foster & Wells Counties
- Awarded to Carstensen Contracting, Inc.
- Started: Spring 2024
- Estimated Completion: Spring 2026
- Construction of 8 miles of 72-inch pipeline; 3 trenchless crossings in Foster County
- Awarded to Oscar Renda Contracting
CONTRACT 5B
- Started: June 2022
- Estimated Completion: November 2023
- Construction of 9 miles of 72-inch pipeline and a trenchless crossing of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Foster County
- Awarded to Garney Construction
CONTRACT 5A
- Complete
- Construction of 1.25 miles of 72” pipeline near Carrington, trenchless crossing of US Hwy 52/281, and a trenchless crossing of the Red River Valley and Western Rail Road
- Awarded to Garney Construction
RRVWSP MISSOURI RIVER INTAKE PUMPING STATION WET WELL & SITE DEVELOPMENT
- Complete
- Improvements to the intake site located south of Washburn adjacent to the Missouri River. Improvements will consist of site work, access road improvements, and installation of the secant piles for the wet well.
- Awarded to ICS, Inc.
MISSOURI RIVER INTAKE, SCREEN STRUCTURE & TUNNEL
- Complete
- Installation of intake screens and tunnel, located 4 Miles south of Washburn.
- Awarded to Michels Corp.
RRVWSP SHEYENNE RIVER OUTFALL DISCHARGE STRUCTURE & SITE DEVELOPMENT
- Complete
- Construction of a 3,330 sq ft concrete energy dissipation structure and flow apron, 100’ of 54” pipe, and site grading and access roads south of Cooperstown. In the future this location will be the terminus of the RRVWSP pipeline and the site will include a future control valve structure building.
- Awarded to Industrial Builders, Inc.