October 11, 2012

Prepared By:

The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1937

Bureau of Reclamation • Glendive Pump Station 1 1938-1939 • 3 – 110 cfs Centrifugal Pumps Operated By 1,500 hp GE Motors

16,500 Acres Served • 3 Divisions • 2 Pump Stations

What caused the failure? What are the consequences of the failure? How are we going to fix it? How are we going to pay for it? How much is it going to cost? How long will it take to fix it?

Evaluated 4 Rehabilitation Alternatives • Reinforced Concrete Wall • Steel Sheet Piling Wall • Gravity Wall Using Precast Concrete Block • Mechanically Stabilized Earth (MSE) Wall Using

Precast Concrete Block Chose Reinforced Concrete Wall

Replacement

COP Construction Begin Construction

• October 31, 2011 Key Strategies

• Sheet Piles • Monolithic Concrete

Pour Challenges

• Water • Weather • Time

Construction Completed January 4th, 2012 • Project completed in 8 weeks and within budget

Unforeseen Soil Conditions

Initiated discussions with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Montana Disaster Emergency Services (DES), DNRC, and NRCS

FEMA Evaluation Evaluated rehabilitation alternatives Selected a rehabilitation alternative Funding

• FEMA initial cost estimate submittal

Intake Canal Cleanup • NRCS Emergency Watershed Program

Wall Replacement/Rehabilitation • FEMA • Montana DES • Buffalo Rapids Irrigation Project District I • WWC Engineering • COP Construction

Total Construction Cost - $553,389

FEMA Contribution - $455,000

Montana DES Contribution - $45,500

District I Cost- $52,889

Questions?