How BDD Will Work
Project Map
The BDD will divert water from the Rio Grande at a site on the east side of the river three miles below the Otowi Bridge, north west of Santa Fe.
Some sediment, such as sand, will be removed from the water at a sediment removal facility, then the water will be conveyed in an underground pipeline and pumped by two booster pumping stations to two facilities: a new City/County Water Treatment Plant near the Municipal Recreational Complex for City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County water customers and a separate Las Campanas Water Treatment Plant which is not part of the City-County portion of the BDD project.
Once the water is treated, it will be pumped through new pipelines to the existing water distribution systems for the City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County. Las Campanas will convey its treated water to its customers.
The BDD project also includes some minimal improvements to Buckman Road to make it safer for BDD project operation and maintenance.