Infrastructure

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Contractors for Palmdale Water District (PWD) will begin work on replacing 1.5 miles of water mains starting this week.  The areas to be affected are bounded by 3rd Street East to Division Street and Desert Sands Park to Avenue Q in East Palmdale. Work on the $2 million project began this …

The Bureau of Reclamation has initiated the first application period for Extraordinary Maintenance (XM) projects that will address aging water and power infrastructure across the West. Newly enacted funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be applied to the program following the new application period requirements set out in the …