OKC budget includes expansion of Atoka water line

City of OKC on Twitter: "One of our biggest projects now is building a new,  72” pipeline more than 100 miles from SE Oklahoma in Lake Atoka. The  original 64” pipeline was

 

Part of Oklahoma City’s new 2022 budget approved this week by the city council includes nearly $112 million toward construction of a second line to carry water from southeast Oklahoma’s Atoka Lake.

The money is part of a $1.65 billion annual budget approved by the council on a 7-2 vote.

The total Atoka pipeline budget for the city is $121 million and $111.7 million will fund the construction of the $800 million second pipeline. The new line will involve construction of a 66-inch pipeline that will be parallel to the existing line.

A year ago, the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust announced plans to expand the city water system by 36 million gallons a day to 111 million gallons a day.

Atoka Water Pipeline - Topographical Survey | Cowan Group Engineering

The pipeline and pumping system that carries water from the Atoka Lake to Oklahoma City is more than 50 years old.