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Current & Future Piping Projects

Current Projects:

September 2024 - April 2025: Main Canal Piping Project Phase# 7 (MC-7) (The Main Canal Piping Project consists of 10 phases total. The District is currently complete through Phase# 6) : The MC-7 is an ~1.3 mile canal-to-large (48"-42" diameter) pipeline conversion project that begins approximately 3 miles north of the City of Bend, runs adjacent to Hwy 97, and ends just north of Sunbeam Lane in Deschutes County. The project is currently under construction with K&E Excavating and scheduled for completion in 2025.

Excavator in a forested area with dug-up earth and trees under a blue sky.
Main Canal Phase #7  (MC7) under construction, Oct 2024. This is the future Swalley Main Canal v.2.0 coming into the 21st Century.

 

Construction of the Rogers Lateral 24" meter
New 24" meter and piping on the BNC Rogers/Riley Piping Project. Swalley ID 2024

 

Large pipe welding in progress
Loading 24" HDPE into the welder -- 2024

 

Future Projects:

-Elder Lateral Piping Project: This is an ~2 mile long canal-to-pipeline conversion project in the heart of Swalley. The project is federally approved and permitted. Partial funding has been secured. Engineering design on the project is at ~98+% and being conducted by NRCS.

-Main Lateral Piping Project Phase# 8 : This is an ~1.3 mile canal-to-large pipeline conversion project. The project is federally approved and permitted. Funding is pending. Design engineering has not occured.

-Butte Lateral Piping Project: This canal-to-pipeline conversion project is also in the heart of Swalley and generally runs west to east for ~1 mile adjacent to Tumalo Rd. The project is federally approved and permitted. Funding is pending. Design engineering has not occured.

-Main Lateral Piping Project Phase# 9: This is an ~2 mile canal-to-large pipeline conversion project. The project is federally approved and permitted. Funding is pending. Design engineering has not occured.

-Main Lateral Piping Project Phase# 10 (FINAL PHASE) : This is an ~2 mile canal-to-large pipeline conversion project. The project is federally approved and permitted. Funding is pending. Design engineering has not occured.

 

Construction administrators on a construction site
Swalley GM Jer Camarata & previous DRC CFO Bill Caram on a project inspection. The DRC, along with the USDA-NRCS, OWEB, ETO, and FCA are valuable community partners and project funders. We would also like to thank the Alice C. Tyler Charitable Trust and the Oregon Environmental Council for their generous support towards our restoration efforts.

 

Large pipe welding in the snow along OB Riley Rd
2018-2019 Riley Sub-Lateral Pipe welding