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Grand Canyon National Park Seeking Public Comment on North Rim Water Repairs

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June 23, 2023
Water rushing out of the Transcanyon Waterline from a break in the pipe in 2014, along the North Kaibab Trail with the water flowing down into Bright Angel Creek. The water pipeline is buried below the surface of the trail in this area.

Water rushing out of the Transcanyon Waterline from a break in the pipe in 2014, along the North Kaibab Trail with the water flowing down into Bright Angel Creek. The water pipeline is buried below the surface of the trail in this area./NPS file

An abbreviated public comment period has opened on National Park Service plans for improving the water system on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park and the inner canyon of the park.

This project, separate from the park's trans-canyon water pipeline project, involves improvements to provide a reliable water system to meet supply needs at the North Rim and in the cross canyon corridor from  Supai  Tunnel to Cottonwood Campground for a projected lifespan of up to 75  years. The improvements are needed because the existing North Rim water system is past its design life resulting in frequent failures with extended periods of service outages that require continual repairs in a hazardous environment, the park said in a release. 

While many public comment periods run for at least 30 days, this one will last two weeks, from June 22 unti July 5.

The water system improvements are part of a proposed Great American Outdoors Act Legacy Restoration Fund project called Rehabilitate the North Rim and Roaring Springs Utility Systems. 

The proposed improvements being considered include: 

  • Rehabilitating/replacing the waterline from the North Rim to the Roaring Springs water source 
  • Constructing a new water treatment plant on the North Rim 
  • Constructing additional water tanks on the North Rim and at the Roaring Springs pumphouse 
  • Rehabilitating the Roaring Springs pumphouse 
  • Installing a new borehole for the waterline 

For more details and to submit comments, visit this site. Comment by mail will also be accepted at: 

Grand Canyon National Park
Attn: Planning, Environment, and Projects
P.O. Box 129
Grand Canyon, AZ, 86023

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