Senator Kirsten Gillibrand began a compassionate plea for our aging dam infrastructure earlier this week in a letter to leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which is crafting a new water resources bill. Gillibrand, a member of the committee, expressed concern about the genuine threats that surround …
Read More »Contractor using decades of experience to change the way people look at below-grade construction
Management gurus and motivational speakers preach that change is good. Whereas that may be true in many instances if the current method is functioning well and the budget supports the current method perhaps you should leave well enough alone. Until someone can prove that an alternate way of proceeding could …
Read More »Advanced Metering Infrastructure Could Be Coming to San Jose
San Jose Water announced last week that it had filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to deploy Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) throughout its service area. AMI technology includes advanced meters that can take up to hourly readings daily, along with a data transmission system to provide …
Read More »DWR, Reclamation Partner for Seismic Upgrades B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir
Although the Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) are still several months away from holding public meetings to further inform the public of the dam safety project at B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir, located between Los Banos and Gilroy. DWR operates the Reclamation-owned …
Read More »Paso Robles’ new recycled water plant will help address irrigation dilemma
Paso Robles recently celebrated the completion of the new Tertiary Treatment Facilities at its wastewater treatment plant. Black & Veatch served as designer and engineer of record for both the secondary treatment project and the tertiary treatment project heralded as one of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects in the …
Read More »Bureau of Reclamation Seeks Input for Its Plan to Restore Sinking Friant-Kern Canal
Built between 1949 and 1951, the Friant-Kern Canal is the state’s 152-mile Central Valley Project (CVP) aqueduct managed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation that brings water to the fertile farm fields in the Central Valley. Now, however, the Reclamation is seeking public input about its plan to restore …
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