Infrastructure

The Bureau of Reclamation and Contra Costa Water District published final environmental documents Friday that evaluate the second phase of the Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project, which seeks to increase water storage capacity from 160,000 acre-feet to 275,000 acre-feet while adding new conveyance facilities. This expansion would provide increased water …

The City of Oceanside hopes to become the first city in San Diego County to be drinking recycled water by 2022. Earlier this week the city broke ground on Pure Water Oceanside, a project that will purify recycled water and then inject the treated water through wells into the Mission …

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) held a joint open house with the City of Burbank last week at an active LADWP construction site so area businesses and residents could learn about the water infrastructure project taking place in their community. The River Supply Conduit 7 (RSC7) …

The United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued a letter to Cadiz Inc. reaffirming that the Cadiz Valley Water Conservation, Recovery and Storage Project’s proposed use of the existing ARZC right-of-way for its conveyance pipeline and related railroad improvements will further a railroad purpose and that the Project …

The Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a $59 million loan Friday to help finance two key stormwater projects. The money was made available through the EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA). CVWD will have 35 years to pay back the loan …

Hillview Water in Raymond, California will begin delivering clean drinking water with the installment of a Microvi MNE nitrate treatment system by Microvi Biotech. Hillview Water serves a rural community that has been plagued with high levels of nitrate contamination for years. Nitrate is one of the most widespread contaminants …