At the mouth of Ogden Canyon, on State Road 39, hangs a water siphon that serves 10,000 customers in the Ogden area. After years of providing water irrigation, the US. Bureau of Reclamation have determined that it’s time for an upgrade.
Crews will be using cables to help with the installation of the new irrigation pipeline. It will replace the old pipeline, which has been operating since 1937.
“We actually have a 31-inch siphon that is suspended over the mouth of Ogden Canyon.”
Terrel Grimly, general manager for Pineview Water Systems that operates the pipeline, says that the outside coating needed to be repainted or repaired, because it has corrosion problems.
“We had an engineering analysis done, and decided that the pipe needed to be replaced.”
Along with the pipe, the cables and overall structure will be replaced.
“It never had an earthquake classification, and so we’ve upgraded it to withstand a 7.5 earthquake.”
Due to weather continuations, construction will resume Dec. 15-17, from 9-4 pm. The mouth of Ogden Canyon will be closed in both directions.