NORTH CITY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT

Improving and increasing the level of service to address Cheyenne’s water demands

ABOUT THE PROJECT.

The Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities (BOPU) is constructing a 6-million-gallon water storage tank, known as the North City Tank, and modifying the existing Buffalo Ridge Tank. The project is a cost-effective alternative to multiple previously planned projects, including re-building existing tanks and rehabilitating a pump station. Once completed, the new North City Tank will be over 100-feet high, 30-feet taller than the Buffalo Ridge Tank, and will replace the aging Round Top Tank. This project will improve the City's water distribution system, increasing the level of service to Cheyenne customers at high elevations and eastern locations while improving system resiliency.

IMPROVING WATER PRESSURE.

DECOMMISSIONING OF THE ROUNDTOP TANK

BOPU has committed to EPA to decommission the aging Round Top Tank, built around 1913. Decommissioning the tank will remove 11 million gallons from the total storage volume available to the city.

MODIFICATION OF THE BUFFALO RIDGE TANK

The existing Buffalo Ridge Tank, constructed in 1963, stores water for the city of Cheyenne. As the city grew, the tank’s height became inadequate to provide pressure to customers at higher elevations and eastern locations. This tank will be modified to serve the area surrounding Dell Range under normal operating conditions.

CONSTRUCTION OF THE NORTH CITY TANK

The new tank will replace storage at a higher elevation to better serve customers at high elevations and more easterly locations. The new tank will be over 100 feet high, which is 30 feet taller than the Buffalo Ridge Tank.