Buckman Direct Diversion Project
The Buckman Direct Diversion (BDD) Project will improve the regional water supply under drought conditions, replace current groundwater pumping that cannot be sustained, and make a drought reserve possible.
What It Is The BDD Project:
- Is a regional sustainable water supply project co-owned by the City of Santa Fe and Santa Fe County
- Diverts (pumps) water from the Rio Grande northwest of Santa Fe, near the historical Buckman townsite
- Provides advanced drinking water treatment that will produce high quality drinking water at a new water treatment plant located near the Municipal Recreational Complex
- Includes a diversion structure on the Rio Grande; a sediment settling facility; two raw water booster stations; two treated water pump stations; and 25 miles of raw and finished water pipelines
- Is one of the largest, most complex and most costly non-federal infrastructure projects ever built in Santa Fe County
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