Ultimately, the desired outcome of the reclaimed water system expansion effort is to use 100 percent - roughly 200 million gallons during watering season - of Fort Carson's treated wastewater for irrigation of priority turf areas, which will eventually include Founders Field, Pershing Field and near Gate 1. The expansion effort entailed upgrading 5 miles of existing pipe, installing close to 2.3 miles of new lines to the system, adding new pumps at the waste water treatment plant, building a new booster pump station and increasing the size of the storage pond at the golf course, which will now be able to store up to 16 million gallons of water. The project is the installation's largest-scale Net Zero water initiative to date and could save close to 90 percent of the annual irrigation water costs instead of using drinking water, said Vince Guthrie, Directorate of Public Works (DPW) Operations and Maintenance Division Utility Program manager. This past year Fort Carson expanded the system, which has been used to irrigate Cheyenne Shadows Golf Course on Fort Carson since the 1970s, to reuse as much treated wastewater as possible for large landscaped areas. Watering needs for Fort Carson's sports complex and Iron Horse Park turf areas will be met through an expanded reclaimed water system when the valves are turned on in mid-April 2015.
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