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San Xavier Farm Rehabilitation
Project Type:
Pipelines & Utilities
Location: Tohono O'odham Nation, Pima County, Arizona
Owner: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Engineer: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation
Contract Value: $31 million
Contract Type: Fixed Unit Price (competitive bid)


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Project Highlights
  • 67,193 LF of 6- to 36-inch PVC pipe
  • 446,407 CY of channel excavation
  • 81,220 CY of compacted embankment
  • 89,481 CY of structure excavation
  • 14,580 CY of soil-cement
  • 25,942 CY of riprap
  • 3,872 CY of structural concrete
  • 6,618 CY of gabions
  • 6,533 CY of shotcrete
  • 23,587 LF of power cable
  • 22,000 LF of fiber optics
  • 2007 recipient of U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Construction Safety Award

Project Details

Barnard Construction Company, Inc.'s work on this multi-faceted Bureau of Reclamation water delivery project south of Tucson enabled the Tohono O'odham Nation to switch from the delivery of Colorado River water through an antiquated irrigation system to use of the 21.5 billion gallons of Central Arizona Project water the farm had been allotted annually under a settlement with the federal government. Water is now distributed through an underground pipe system to each irrigated field. The irrigation is controlled by electrical and telemetric systems. Barnard's earthwork involved excavating stormwater control channels to divert stormwater away from the farm. These channels are protected by a variety of erosion control methods, including riprap, gabions, soil-cement, concrete, and native vegetation. All of this work has reduced the water loss and erosion on the cooperative farm. In addition, the project entailed expanding irrigation to reach previously abandoned acres which can now produce alfalfa, vegetables, and mesquite and fruit- and nut-bearing trees. Barnard also improved farm access roads.

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