This element is intended to provide the essential public infrastructure facility requirements necessary to support the community of Mountain Springs at full build-out of the Community Plan. Public infrastructure facilities include potable water, storm drainage, sewer and an on-site waste water treatment facility. The basic precept of the Community Plan is that appropriate infrastructure will be provided commensurate with the level of entitlement associated with each phase of development. To deter growth on lands to the west and south that the County General Plan has designated to remain Agricultural the on-site infrastructure (roads, water and sewer) will not be extended to adjacent agricultural lands to the west, south, and east.
A 2.2 acre site has also been set aside for other civic uses or the potential development of public facilities if the appropriate agencies or boards determine the need exists for a facility in the future. The facility could include fire, police, medical or other services if the County determines there is adequate need and sufficient number of homes to support an individual or multi-use facility (see potential community services area 32 in Figure 2-3, and Table 2-2).
The Tuolumne Utility District (TUD) provides more than 12,000 area customers with potable water obtained from both surface and subsurface sources. The Community Plan falls within TUD’s Sonora Service Area. Additional storage requirements, to accommodate Mountain Springs’ projected domestic and fire flow needs, will be met by providing water storage tank(s).
The Community of Mountain Springs will be served by a water distribution system designed to adequately satisfy the community’s potable water requirements, including residential, non-residential and fire-suppression purposes. The existing clubhouse and maintenance facility are serviced by wells. The major elements of the water system consist of water supply, storage and delivery facilities. The proposed distribution system is primarily gravity-fed. Treated water will be provided by TUD via a water transmission pipeline extended from existing TUD pipelines to a new one million gallon water storage tank. A looped distribution system with booster pumps and pressure reducing valves will be constructed to provide adequate water pressure to individual pressure zones and planning areas. The backbone water system within the Community Plan will be primarily constructed parallel to main roadways. The conceptual water system is depicted in Figure 8-1.
Off-site water service will be provided by a waterline extension in Lime Kiln Road from the intersection of Campo Seco Road to the one million gallon water tank constructed with the first phase of development for the Community Plan.
