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Gage Canal Olivewood pipeline outage fix

Summary

Customers on Rumsey Drive and Ivy Street have been without Gage Canal water for nearly a year after the Olivewood pipeline leaked under the BNSF railroad right-of-way. The approved $97,000 lateral modifications will reroute water through the parallel Riverside Canal Pipeline as a stopgap, fully reimbursed by Gage.

At a glance

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Last discussed Jul 13, 2026.

Impact analysis

💰Financial impact

The work costs about $97,000, reimbursed in full by Gage Canal Company.

✅Who benefits

Gage Canal customers on Rumsey Drive and Ivy Street get their water service restored; the city gains summer operational flexibility.

⚠️Who could be affected

Gage Canal shareholders were flagged by one board member of the Gage board as potentially not having formally authorized the agreement.

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