Specifications include, but are not limited to: Securing an alternate source of treated water for the City of Billings is a Public Works Department priority. A new water treatment plant and reservoir on Billings’ west end meets the City’s needs for long-term drinking water service capacity and system redundancy. The City’s water system will be strengthened as the new west end water storage, treatment and delivery facilities operate together with the existing treatment and delivery facilities at the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) on Belknap Avenue and the numerous storage and booster facilities around the city. The City has acquired 300 acres of property from Knife River on either side of Hesper Road between Shiloh Road and 48th Street West to site the new water reservoir and treatment plant. Property has also been purchased adjacent to the Duck Creek Bridge as the site for a future Yellowstone River water intake/pump station. Raw water will be delivered from the river intake/pump station to the reservoir and treatment plant through a pipeline generally extending north in Duck Creek Road, beneath Interstate 90 and the Montana Rail Link tracks, and north in South 48th Street West to Hesper Road. The pipeline is approximately 3.5 miles in length and is the subject project of this RFQ. See attached Figure 1. Preliminary pipeline sizing options evaluated are 36 and 42 inches. The contractor selected through this RFQ process will work with the current pipeline project team consisting of the City of Billings and HDR Engineering to complete the project currently estimated at approximately $8 million.
