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fgggj SECTION VI: PROPO SED IM PO RVEM EN TS 6 .0 5 . L as V egas p ip e lin e s. W ater fr o m the new 1 l/2 - m illio n ga llon r e s e r v o ir w ill flo w b y g ra v ity through a 36-in c h p ip elin e to be con stru cted w estw ard to the B ou ld er H ighway and northw est along the highw ay to a b o o s te r pum ping station to be con stru cted a p p roxim a tely 2 1 /2 m ile s n orth w est of W hitney. At the r e s e r v o ir outlet there w ill be a co n tro l building w hich w ill house fa c ilitie s to ch lorin a te, regu late and m eter the w ater flow ing to L as V ega s. F r o m the b o o s te r pum ping station w ater w ill be pum ped through a 3 0 -in ch p ip elin e to be con stru cted along the highw ay to the in te rs e ctio n of F re m o n t S treet and C h a rleston B ou leva rd in southeast L as V ega s w h ere it w ill divide into two 2 4 -in ch p ip e lin e s. One of these p ip elin es w ill be con stru cted n orth w esterly along F re m o n t S treet or O gden Avenue to M ain S treet and then w est to the p ro p o s e d 30-m illio n gallon r e s e r v o ir . The other 2 4 -in ch p ipelin e w ill be con stru cted w est along C h arleston B ou lev a rd to M ain S treet w here it w ill con n ect with the ea st end of an existin g 2 4 -in ch ca st iro n p ipelin e w hich extends w est along C h a rleston B ou lev a rd to D ouglas D riv e . F r o m the w est end of this existin g 2 4 -m ch line at D ouglas D riv e , a 3 6 -in ch line w ill be con stru cted w est and n orth to the 3 0 -m illio n gallon r e s e r v o ir . Other m a jor p ip elin es include the 2 4 -in ch p ip elin e a lrea d y m e n ­tioned w hich is to be con stru cted betw een the existin g and the p ro p o s e d eleva ted tanks on W est C h a rleston B ou lev a rd . An 1 8 -in ch p ipelin e is [ to be con stru cted south on V a lle y V iew B ou lev a rd fr o m C h arleston B ou lev a rd to Splane A venue, east on Splane Avenue and New Y ork Avenue to "A " S treet, and south and southw est on "A " S treet and U .S ‘ H ighway 91 to San F r a n c is c o Avenue w here it red u ce s to a 1 5 -m ch lin e, thence southw est along U .S . H ighway 91 to F la m in g o R oad . N orth L as V ega s w ill be s e rv e d by an 18-in ch line extending n orth fr o m the ' 3 0 -in ch tra n sm issio n m ain w hich is a p p roxim a tely p a r a lle l with L as V egas C re e k , along " F " S treet to W ashington A venue, east along W ashington Avenue to M ain S treet w here it re d u ce s to a 16 -in c h lin e and extends fr o m this point north east along M ain S treet to Owens A venue, the n o rth e rly bou n dary of the C ity of L as V eg a s. Other im p rovem en ts include a sy ste m of 8 -in ch , 12-in ch and 1 4 -in ch loop s within the e x is t ­ing w ater sy stem as n eed ed to strengthen the d istrib u tion sy ste m and p rov id e im p ro v e d fir e p ro te ctio n . T h ese im p rovem en ts and oth ers within the C ity lim its of L as V egas are shown in P L A T E IV "M a ste r P la n of E xpan sion fo r W ater D istribu tion S ystem in C ity of L as V e g a s ." -2 7 -