Infrastructure

Last week, California Water Service Group (Cal Water) submitted its 2022-2024 infrastructure improvement plans for all of its California districts in its General Rate Case (GRC) filing with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The proposal also includes a new rate design that reflects the actual cost of service, with …

Monte Vista Water District has been awarded a $3.4 million grant from the Department of Water Resources that will partially fund a treatment project necessary to meet stricter water quality regulations. The grant provides approximately 25% of the cost for the Plant 30 Wellhead Treatment Project, which is slated to …

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. …