Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s (MWD) Board of Directors voted this week to approve additional infrastructure investments, water transfer options and alternate delivery programs to improve resiliency and preserve limited State Water Project supplies for member agencies in the western portions of its service area that depend most on …
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The Orange County Water District (OCWD) and the Serrano Water District (Serrano) began operating one of the County’s first treatment plants to remove per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from local well water. The Serrano facility is among 35 PFAS treatment facilities being designed and constructed in Orange County over the next …
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The California Department of Water Resources has completed the seismic retrofits on Castaic Dam’s tower access bridge in Los Angeles County. The completion marks a major milestone to ensure the resiliency of State Water Project facilities. “The significant progress made on the seismic retrofit to the bridge at Castaic Dam …
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The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) nearly $4.5 million to expand their groundwater desalination infrastructure. The funding will go towards completing a study for future well sites and brine pipeline access improvements. EMWD is completing work on its Perris II Desalter, which is anticipated …
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The Bureau of Reclamation, Friant Water Authority, and California Department of Water Resources today celebrated the groundbreaking of a $187 million construction project to restore capacity in a 10-mile portion of the Friant-Kern Canal. The event marks the beginning of Phase 1 of a multi-phased construction project, known as the Friant-Kern …
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The Bureau of Reclamation submitted its initial spend plan for fiscal year 2022 funding allocations authorized in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the U.S. Congress last week. Reclamation will be provided $1.66 billion annually to support a range of infrastructure improvements for fiscal years 2022 through 2026. “The Bipartisan Infrastructure …
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