RECLAMATION AWARDS $81 MILLION CONTRACT FOR NAVAJO GALLUP WATER SUPPLY PROJECT'S BLOCK 2-3 PIPELINE MARKING THE LAST LARGE-SCALE AWARD TOWARDS COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following press release:

FARMINGTON, N.M.─ The Bureau of Reclamation announced an $81 million contract award to Carstensen Contracting, Inc. for the construction of the Block 2-3 pipeline for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project in northwest New Mexico.This award now moves Reclamation one step closer to completing its largest project to deliver clean, reliable water to nearly 250,000 people on the Navajo Nation, proudly fulfilling this historic water rights settlement.

The Bureau of Reclamation is advancing construction of the Block2-3 Pipeline, a critical component of the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project. This segment begins at the Fra...