Infrastructure

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released an additional $308 million for the Oroville Dam reconstruction and emergency response according to a statement by the Department of Water Resources (DWR). The funding announced yesterday was at first rejected by FEMA, but later approved following an appeal by DWR last …

A major rehabilitation project on the First Aqueduct in North San Diego County was completed last week by the San Diego County Water Authority. The $30 million project included renovating and replacing dozens of structures on two large-diameter pipelines. The First Aqueduct project began in early 2019 and was one …

Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) announced this week it has received an $8.9 million grant from the United States Bureau of Reclamation for the expansion of its Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility. the grant is a part of the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART Program which funds the planning, design, and …

Costs continue to increase for proposed expansion of Pacheco Reservoir in South Santa Clara County. Valley Water’s proposed project would increase the reservoir’s capacity from 5,500 to up to 140,000 acre-feet and provide enough water to supply up to 1.4 million residents for a year. Valley Water began moving forward …

South Coast Water District is one step closer towards construction of the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project. Nearly $12 million has been appropriated for the project by Congress in the 2021 federal spending bill signed into law last month. “The District is grateful to our champions in Congress and would like …

The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final feasibility report for the North-of-the-Delta Off-stream Storage Investigation. The report documents the potential costs and benefits of the Sites Reservoir Project. With the completion of the Feasibility Report, Sites Reservoir will remain eligible for federal funding under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for …