Richard P. Arber Associates provided design and services during construction for the 24-inch raw and the 24-inch finished water transmission piplines in 2002. Arber Associate also designed a finished water pump station as part of the new City of La Junta Water Treatment Plant in 2004. Key components of the project include:

• 7,000 feet of 24-inch ductile iron raw water and finished water transmission piping.
• 80 feet of bore and jack.
• Multiple drain manhole structures and air/vacuum valve vaults.
• 100-Hp, vertical turbine pumps, three pumps in operation and one standby unit.
• Pump control valves for smooth start and stop of the pumps.
• Soft start controllers, air release valves and surge protection.
• 6.6 mgd pumping capacity.