Infrastructure

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $28,650,000 from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help California identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water. Lead can cause a range of severe health impacts, including irreversible harm to brain development in children. …

Four new local water supply projects that will together produce enough water for 100,000 Southern California homes every year received a $250 million commitment from the Metropolitan Water District as part of the agency’s latest investments aimed at increasing the region’s supply reliability. Metropolitan’s Board of Directors last Tuesday (April …

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) has secured federal funding for four major projects that will help provide greater water supply reliability to its service area in the coming years. The funding comes from earmarks established in the Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which was signed into law on March …

The Department of the Interior has awarded a $7 million grant to the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) for their Upstream Operational Reservoir Project. This latest grant is in addition to a $9.5 million grant previously awarded to the district for a total of $16.5 million in federal funding for the …

San Jose Water recently announced completion of its water tank replacement project at Montego Station. The original Montego Station tank was installed in 1970. The tank’s nearly 50-year-old design and installation predated modern earthquake-resistant structural integrity requirements, critical to today’s infrastructure. The project includes a new 377,600-gallon welded steel water …

Construction is underway on a Cal Water water infrastructure project that will upgrade and improve water supply reliability and fire protection in Visalia. Cal Water is adding a third water storage tank and booster station to its system, which will help augment water supply during the peak demands of summer. …