Carmichael Water District (CWD) held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday to celebrate the construction of the new La Sierra Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Project. With the need for reliable short term and resilient long-term water supplies, CWD was compelled to add additional groundwater to its water supply portfolio. Utilizing …
Read More »Project to reduce flooding on Sacramento River moves forward
Granite has been awarded an approximately $173 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Sacramento District, to construct various elements along the Sacramento River in California. Project funding will come from the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 and other sources and will …
Read More »Grant will convert Palmdale ditch to pipeline and reduce water loss
Palmdale Water District (PWD) recently announced they received a $5 million grant from the Bureau of Reclamation to convert the century-old Palmdale Ditch to a closed pipeline. Conversion of the open and unlined portions of the ditch would prevent water loss due to seepage, evapotranspiration and overspill. It also would …
Read More »East Valley celebrates completed upgrades at treatment facility
Earlier this month East Valley Water District (EVWD) held a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the $4.2 million in upgrades at the Philip A. Disch – Plant 134 Surface Water Treatment Plant. The upgrade to Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) technology provides additional safety in the water treatment process at the …
Read More »Sonoma County Water approves contract for tank maintenance
Sonoma County Water Agency (Sonoma Water) has approved a $6 million contract with AMP United LLC for recoating two major water storage tanks, Cotati Tank No. 1 and Kastania Tank. The tank recoating is part of Sonoma Water’s Tank Maintenance Program. “This project is the largest of its kind and …
Read More »Cadiz completes wellfield expansion to 36,000 acre-feet per year
Cadiz, Inc. announced that it has completed construction of three new groundwater wells at the Cadiz Ranch increasing the wellfield to 12 production wells with an annual capacity of 36,000 acre-feet of water per year (AFY). With the new wells online, the Cadiz Ranch wellfield will have sufficient capacity to …
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