Construction Projects

Phase 1: Judy Reservoir to Mount Vernon

In an effort to renew aging pipelines and provide capacity for projected future growth, work began in the summer of 2009 on Phase I of the Judy Reservoir to Mount Vernon Transmission Pipeline Project.

Judy Reservoir to Mount Vernon Water Transmission Pipeline: Phase I, which is located within the city of Mount Vernon, follows the Kulshan Avenue right-of-way starting at East College Way and connects to existing transmission lines at the intersection of North LaVenture Road and Kulshan Avenue. The total cost for Phase I of the project is $4 million.

Phase I represents the first leg of a proposed 36-inch, 6.6 mile pipeline project designed to serve as the long-term replacement of our existing 24-inch transmission line from Judy Reservoir. The project follows a right-of-way acquired in 1961.

In order to minimize costs and activity on the site, the pipeline project is being constructed in conjunction with a city of Mount Vernon sanitary sewer force main. The PUD is working with the city and the Shoreline Construction to minimize impacts to the local neighborhood, as well as the greater community. The pipeline crosses several permitted streams and wetlands that will be temporarily disturbed prior to restoration.