Infrastructure

California American Water (CAW) recently announced its end-of-year investment total and system improvements for 2020 and the number is impressive. More than $68 million was invested by CAW on system upgrades and various improvement projects throughout all of last year. “At California American Water, our goal is to provide safe, …

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) is set to begin work on a new large-diameter sewer line in the French Valley area according to a statement on the District’s website. The project includes installing more than 6500 feet of sewer line along Sky Canyon Drive from Borel Road to Murrieta Hot …

West Valley Water District’s (WVWD) Board of Directors recently announced that the agency was invited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to apply for a $24.5 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan for the Oliver P. Roemer Water Filtration Facility Expansion Project. Vice President Kyle Crowther stated, “This is …

Construction on the Hauck Mesa Storage Reservoir is expected to get underway this month after San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors approved an $11.4 million contract with Pacific Hydrotech Corporation of Perris, Calif. The North County project includes demolition of an abandoned steel tank, building a 2.1 million-gallon storage …

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released an additional $308 million for the Oroville Dam reconstruction and emergency response according to a statement by the Department of Water Resources (DWR). The funding announced yesterday was at first rejected by FEMA, but later approved following an appeal by DWR last …

A major rehabilitation project on the First Aqueduct in North San Diego County was completed last week by the San Diego County Water Authority. The $30 million project included renovating and replacing dozens of structures on two large-diameter pipelines. The First Aqueduct project began in early 2019 and was one …