Infrastructure

Earlier this month, four treatment plants in Orange came online and began treating local well water to remove per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Construction of the facilities took about a year to complete and are among 36 PFAS treatment facilities being designed and constructed in Orange County over the next two …

An additional $30 million in funding has been allotted from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to the Sites Reservoir project, bringing the total in Federal funding from the Bureau of Reclamation for construction of the Sites Reservoir to roughly $134 million. “Sites Reservoir creates new resiliency for California …

Yuba Water Agency recently approved more than $4.2 million in funding to support a major water and wastewater infrastructure expansion project in south Yuba County and a planned forest biomass plant and business center in the foothills. Two loans, one for $2.6 million to the City of Wheatland and a …

Earlier this month the State Water Resources Control Board voted to provide and additional $17 million in grant funding to Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) for its Perris North Groundwater Program (Perris North). The Perris North program will improve groundwater quality in the North Perris Groundwater Basin, in the Moreno …

Municipal Water District of Orange County’s (MWDOC) Leak Detection Program has helped plug nearly a thousand hidden leaks throughout Orange County. MWDOC began offering leak detection services to OC water providers in 2019. Over the past four years, MWDOC has partnered with 18 different OC water retailers to detect leaks …

Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) received a nearly $4 million grant from CalRecycle for its new co-digestion and renewable gas project. VVWRA says the project will increase the amount of food waste they can treat while also increasing the amount of renewable natural gas (RNG) produced. The project will …