§ 46-15.5-3 - Pipeline connection.
SECTION 46-15.5-3
§ 46-15.5-3 Pipeline connection. –(a) The Bristol County water authority shall design, plan, permit, andconstruct an additional connection to the City of Providence water supplysystem and construct a new water transmission line to its existing reservoirs.The additional connection to Providence will be constructed north of FieldsPoint across the Providence River through subterranean excavation, directionaldrilling or micro tunneling for a pipe not to exceed thirty (30) inches indiameter and without any excavation of the river bed and to extend itstransmission mains into and through the city of East Providence to connect withthe distribution system of the Bristol County water authority to effect aregular and emergency connection at such places and on such terms and pursuantto such plans as the water resources board shall approve pursuant to theprovisions of § 46-15-7.
(1) In addition, the Bristol County water authority shalldesign, plan, permit, and construct an emergency connection to the City of EastProvidence water supply system at such point and upon such terms and conditionsas the authority, the city and the water resources board shall agree upon.
(2) It is hereby being determined that such connections arejust and equitable to all the municipalities affected thereby and that suchconnections are justified by public necessity and are desirable, and will notadversely affect present and future necessities for sources of water supply,including an adequate flow to the Pawtuxet River.
(3) The Providence water supply board shall release a minimumof nine million (9,000,000) gallons of water per day into the Pawtuxet Riverfrom the Scituate Reservoir, thereby assisting the cities of Cranston andWarwick and the towns of Coventry and West Warwick to achieve its wastewatertreatment plan permit limits and enable the Pawtuxet River to meet EPA Class Cwater quality standards.
(4) The water resources board shall give priorityconsideration to the application, when and if filed by the Bristol County waterauthority pursuant to the provisions of § 46-15-7, but the applicationneed only address the plans and specifications for the connections and themeans by which the connections will be effected. There shall be no requirementthat the Bristol County water authority demonstrate public necessity, orwhether the plans and specifications give consideration to present and futurenecessities for the sources of water supply. The design contained in the plansand specifications shall afford the Bristol County water authority a capacitynot to exceed 7.5 million (7,500,000) gallons per day maximum day demand. Theprovisions of § 46-15.3-7.6 or chapter 15.3 of this title shall not applyto any approval of the connection.
(b) The design, of both the new raw water transmission lineand the additional connections to the City of Providence water supply systemincluding the emergency connection to the City of East Providence water supplysystem shall be commenced simultaneously, and such projects shall besimultaneously pursued to completion with all reasonable diligence.