Infrastructure

Construction on the Sterling Natural Resource Center (SNRC) continues to progress as East Valley Water District recently celebrated the placement of the highest beam on the project. The SNRC is being built by East Valley to treat wastewater that will provide a new source of water for the region’s groundwater …

Western Municipal Water District (WMWD) recently celebrated the completion of the North Well, located in Murrieta, California. North Well is a reestablished well that taps into a local groundwater basin to secure a critical water supply for Western’s customers located in its Murrieta service area. North Well is WMWD’s latest …

Poseidon Water has been granted a permit from the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board for its desalination plant in Huntington Beach, a project that has been in the works for roughly two decades. The board’s order is conditional and requires Poseidon to minimize negative impacts on marine life …

In order to meet Bay Delta salinity and outflow requirements, the Bureau of Reclamation announced this week a plan to increase flow releases from New Melones Reservoir. Additional flow releases will begin on the lower Stanislaus River on May 10 and will reach a total flow of 1,000 cubic feet per second and again on May 11 to reach 1,500 cfs. This increased flow of 1,500 cfs will likely occur for an extended duration. …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is set to begin work on two key projects which are a part of the ongoing modernization of Castaic Dam in Los Angeles County. The department will oversee the installation of new equipment to monitor the dam’s stability and work to strengthen the dam’s intake …

Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) announced this week they received a grant from the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for $300,000. The District will use the funding to install an emergency backup generator on a well that serves nearly 25,000 residents in the East Valley. Located in Thermal, the well …