Water district to replace Marin City leaking pipes
The Marin Municipal Water District is planning to replace several miles of leaking pipes in Marin City at an estimated cost of about $5.9 million.
The district is reviewing bids for the first phase of the project, which officials say is needed to reduce water loss and improve the resilience of the area's drinking water system.
“This is an underserved community,” said Jed Smith, a district board member, said during an operations committee meeting on Feb. 16. “We're replacing 40% of their pipes, which is a massive, massive move for Marin City, but I
think even more importantly this is the beginning of helping understand other issues that are going on in the community in regards to health and safety issues with water and others.”
The first phase of project has an estimated cost of $3.8 million. It would replace approximately 9,200 feet of a 65-year-old leakprone cast-iron pipe with welded steel pipe on various streets. The work would take about 332 days to perform, with completion scheduled around Jan. 31, 2025.
The project also will replace 197 service laterals — piping owned by the Marin water district that connects the water main pipeline to the service meter and customer-owned pipes.
The first phase will replace pipelines around Drake Avenue, Waldo Court, Eureka Street, Pacheco Street, Dutton Court and parts of Phillips Drive and Cole Drive.
The second phase, projected to begin in January 2025 and end in November 2025, involves 2.9 miles of pipe in the areas of Burgess Court, Buckelew Street and Donahue Street.
Zak Talbott, an engineer with the district, said the project is partially funded by a $6.4 million grant from the state's Department of Water Resources. The remainder is funded through the water district's capital maintenance fund.