Infrastructure

The Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency (PV Water) Board of Directors approved contracts to construct the College Lake Integrated Resources Management Project during a special meeting on February 1. Before the vote, Vice-Chair, Stephen Rider, commented, “After 30 years it’s nice that this project is coming to realization.” Director and …

The State Water Resources Control Board has said they will spend $34 million on six projects aimed at addressing water quality in the Tijuana and New Rivers along the U.S.-Mexico border. Five of the projects will take place in the U.S. and one will take place across the border in …

Metropolitan Water District has announced they will begin construction soon on the first of several projects to bring additional water to Southern California communities hit hardest by the state’s record drought, following a vote the Board of Directors to award a contract for the project’s construction. The suite of projects …

A new study by the Sites Project Authority found that the Sites Reservoir could have diverted and captured 120,000 acre-feet of water in just two weeks if the reservoir had been operational from Jan. 3 through Jan. 15. Based on forecasted flows, the analysis shows that the reservoir would continue …

Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) is seeking grant funding through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) to convert the neighborhoods of Sedco Hills and Avenues from septic to sewer. Designated as Disadvantaged Communities (DAC), these communities will be transitioned to the EVMWD sewer system in a phased approach …

The Department of the Interior has allocated a $36.1 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to 17 projects in California. The selected projects will help bring clean, reliable drinking water through investments in innovative drought resilience efforts, such as groundwater storage, rainwater harvesting, aquifer recharge, water reuse, ion exchange …