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== Water Supply Plan ==
== Water Supply Plan ==
A plan to build a new [[Ragged Mountain Dam]] at the reservoir is currently under review as part of the 50-year community water supply plan (2005-2055).
A plan to build a new [[Ragged Mountain Dam]] at the reservoir is currently under review as part of the 50-year community water supply plan (2005-2055).  As part of the plan, the pool at the Ragged Mountain Reservoir would be raised 45’ with the construction of a new 112’ dam, replacing the 1908 lower dam which State officials have been warning since 1979 needs repair or replacement.
 
In 2009, an Independent Technical Review Team met to assess the engineering plans and cost estimates for the new Ragged Mountain Dam. On June 2, 2009, the [http://www.cvilletomorrow.org/docs/20090406-RM-Dam-ITRT-Report.pdf Ragged Mountain Dam, Independent Technical Review Team (ITRT) Report] was issued.  On the schedule of the project, the ITRT suggested the completion date target should be late 2012 or early 2013.


==In History==
==In History==

Revision as of 13:27, 2 June 2009


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The Upper (circa 1885) and Lower (circa 1908) Ragged Mountain Dams create the Ragged Mountain Reservoir, a key component of the Charlottesville-Albemarle urban water supply maintained by the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority.

Water Supply Plan

A plan to build a new Ragged Mountain Dam at the reservoir is currently under review as part of the 50-year community water supply plan (2005-2055). As part of the plan, the pool at the Ragged Mountain Reservoir would be raised 45’ with the construction of a new 112’ dam, replacing the 1908 lower dam which State officials have been warning since 1979 needs repair or replacement.

In 2009, an Independent Technical Review Team met to assess the engineering plans and cost estimates for the new Ragged Mountain Dam. On June 2, 2009, the Ragged Mountain Dam, Independent Technical Review Team (ITRT) Report was issued. On the schedule of the project, the ITRT suggested the completion date target should be late 2012 or early 2013.

In History

The Lower Ragged Mountain Dam was originally known as Mayo's Rock Dam.[1]

The Holsinger Studio Collection by Charlottesville photographer Rufus W. Holsinger refers to the dam in his 1912 photos as the Charlottesville Dam.

External Links

http://ivycreekfoundation.org/history/raggedmountain.html

Notes

  1. Howell, David J. "Report on Mayo's Rock Dam, 1912-1913, Accession #14213, Special Collections." Letter to C.D. Carter, Superintendent Charlottesville Water Works. 11 Feb. 1913. University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, VA. <http://virgo.lib.virginia.edu/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/0/0/5>.