Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy Point of the Mountain Aqueduct Completed

When completed treatment and conveyance capacity will serve enough water for 500,000 residents.

April 5, 2007

General Manager Mike Wilson leads POMA completion celebration.
On April 4 contractor W.W. Clyde installed the final section of pipe to complete the construction of the Point of the Mountain Aqueduct (POMA).  The 60-inch diameter pipeline with a length of 12 miles connects the new Point of the Mountain Water Treatment Plant (POMWTP) located in Draper City to the district’s Little Cottonwood Water Treatment Plant. 

Prior to installing the last section of pipe, the district held celebration event by having all of the parties involved in the project sign their names to the pipe section.  “This signing celebration commemorates this incredible accomplishment,” said general manager Mike Wilson.  “When complete this pipeline will transport spring runoff from Little Cottonwood Creek and will also deliver treated water from our Point of the Mountain Water Treatment Plant to Salt Lake City and Sandy City, it will connect all major water delivery systems in the Salt LakeValley and will be a reliable alternative to the Salt Lake Aqueduct.” 

The POMWTP is the final piece of the $250 million Metro Water Project. It is slated to be complete this summer.  When completed the district’s treatment and conveyance capacity will increase by 70 million gallons a day, enough water supply for 500,000 residents.  

The district is the wholesale provider of water to Salt Lake City, Sandy City and Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District. It began extensive planning for POMA and the Metro Water Project more than eight years ago and began its construction in 2004. 

Bowen Collins & Associates, a local engineering firm that specializes in water infrastructure projects, is the project manager.  W.W. Clyde, a Springville-based construction company specializing in pipelines, was hired to build POMA. And Alder Construction, a SaltLake based company specializing in water treatment plants, was hired for the on-site improvement project at Little Cottonwood Water Treatment Plant which included installing 1,700 feet of POMA pipeline.