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Abandoned (or inactive) Pipelines for Recycled Water

Abandoned (or inactive) Pipelines for Recycled Water

Abandoned (or inactive) Pipelines for Recycled Water

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I am a civil engineer involved in early planning for a recycled water project in the San Francisco Bay Area (Pittsburg/Martinez area).  I am trying to find out if there are any abandoned petroleum (or other) pipelines in the area that the sewer agency could use as part of the transmission system.  How could I find out such information?  Is there a database somewhere?  Who should I contact?  Any helpful hints would be appreciated.

Glenn95630

RE: Abandoned (or inactive) Pipelines for Recycled Water

california fire marshall has jurisdiction over intrastate pipelines. They'll need to screen any request for information on pipelines in CA.

RE: Abandoned (or inactive) Pipelines for Recycled Water

If they are any abandoned petroleum pipelines in SF, I would imagine they are already full of fiber optic cables.

You might try searching on the internet to see if the county GIS is visible in/through accessing the property tax data base.  They will often show pipeline right-of-ways on those, that may even be marked abandoned.

Look inside for fiber optic cables first.

http://virtualpipeline.spaces.msn.com

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." -Albert Einstein

RE: Abandoned (or inactive) Pipelines for Recycled Water

Glenn-

I'd contact some of the following:

Pretty good chance you'll hit some State jurisdiction between Pittsburgh and Martinez. If you're near the shore of Suisun Bay then you may also fall under their scope even if the lines are not directly on State lands:
http://www.slc.ca.gov/Division_Pages/LMD/Documents/lmd_brochure.pdf (see bottom of page 4)

These guys should have a pretty good idea of at least the operating lines in the neighborhood:
SHORE TERMINAL LLC
2801 WATERFRONT RD
Martinez, CA, US  94553  
Telephone: (925) 228-3227
Fax: (925) 228-5617

Of course, before you get to Shore Terminal, you'll pass these guys whose engineers might know a thing or two 'bout pipelines in the area:
http://www.tsocorp.com/tsocorp/ProductsandServices/Refining/MartinezCaliforniaRefinery/MartinezCaliforniaRefinery

Depending on how far you're going, these folks may also be useful:
http://www.piersystem.com/external/index.cfm?cid=159&fuseaction=EXTERNAL.docview&documentID=52488&showmenu=5

And these folks may have some knowledge also:
http://www.kindermorgan.com/business/products_pipelines/bradshaw.cfm

jt


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