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Public Services and Utilities <br />Water Supply <br />City of Sprin~eld <br />The Springfield Utility Board provides domestic water supply to the greater Springfield area, <br />with water rights to several city water wells, which it uses to supply potable water to over 16,000 <br />customers. Water mains near the Alternative 1 site are described below. Figure 18 shows the <br />locations of the water supply lines. <br />Several water supply lines serve the Riverfront site. One main line runs along the eastern side of <br />the site along Mill Street. Four branches from this main line enter the site. Three lines enter the <br />property between West A Street and Main Street, serving existing retail stores. The other line <br />enters the site along West B Street, supplying several smaller branch lines to the north and south <br />before reaching the intersection of West B and Water streets, where it turns north along Water <br />Street. <br />City of Eugene <br />EWEB provides domestic water supply to the greater Eugene area, with water rights to <br />approximately 197 million gallons per day from the McKenzie River. In 1997, EWEB provided <br />a total of 9.7 billion gallons of water to 43,012 customers (EWEB 1999a). Eugene's water <br />supply is treated at the Hayden Bridge filtration plant, a facility with a capacity of 72 million <br />gallons per day. Record water consumption was 68 million gallons on July 11, 1994 (EWEB <br />1999a). Water is stored in 24 covered reservoirs and transported via 34.3 miles of transmission <br />pipelines and 600 miles of water distribution mains. Water mains near the Alternative 2 site are <br />described below. Figure 19 shows the locations of water supply lines. <br />Two main water supply lines run along the southern boundary of the Chiquita (formerly Agripac) <br />site on East 8~` Avenue. Numerous small branches enter the site from these main lines, in <br />addition to one large branch that crosses the entire site. A water line also runs along the northern <br />boundary of the site on the opposite side of the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. <br />Wastewater and Stormwater Collection <br />Under an intergovernmental agreement with the Metropolitan Wastewater Management <br />Commission, the Wastewater Division of the Eugene Public Works Department operates and <br />maintains all water pollution control facilities for the cities of Eugene and Springfield and for the <br />River Road and Santa Clara areas. The Eugene/Springfield Water Pollution Control Facility <br />provides wastewater treatment for the area. The plant was constructed in 1984 and is designed to <br />handle an average daily dry weather flow of 49 million gallons per day. Peak wet weather flow <br />is approximately 175 million gallons per day. <br />Wastewater is treated at the plant by four separate processes before being discharged into the <br />Willamette River. The processes include industrial pretreatment, primary treatment, secondary <br />treatment, and final treatment. Discharge pollutant levels are regulated through a National <br />Final EIS 144 New Federal Courthouse <br />