ENID, OK - On January 19, 2021, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Tulsa District, issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Enid-Kaw Lake Water Supply Program Environmental Assessment.
This milestone approval means that the Kaw Program, which includes a new intake at Kaw Lake, a 70-mile pipeline stretching from Kaw Lake to a new treatment facility inside the city, has taken the next significant step toward starting construction.
This milestone is the results of a three-year effort by the Enid, Garver, and Cox McClain team working closely with the USACE Tulsa District to analyze the impacts on cultural and natural resources for each of the program’s infrastructure components.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) approval required the detailed on-the-ground investigations across the entire Kaw Program area, which include the 70-mile pipeline route from Kaw Lake to Enid.
About the Kaw Lake Water Supply program
The City of Enid is building a 70-mile pipeline to carry water from Kaw Lake to a new water treatment plant on the city’s west side. The pipeline will have a capacity of 10.5M gallons of water a day. The project was approved by Enid voters in August 2016 by more than 68 percent and includes the 70-mile pipeline, intake structures at Kaw Lake and a water treatment plant on the city’s west side. Well levels have diminished by more than half in less than 20 years and it’s projected that Enid will have water shortages in the future without this project. The Kaw Lake water project secures ample water supply for at least the next 50 years and allows room for growth and economic development for Enid and the surrounding area. The project is estimated to be complete in 2023 at a cost of $315M.
fix our roads…Enid won’t run out of water as long as they STOP giving it to KOCH
Treat the water at the lake and sell to communities along the way to Enid!