Infrastructure

Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) announced this week it has received an $8.9 million grant from the United States Bureau of Reclamation for the expansion of its Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility. the grant is a part of the Bureau of Reclamation’s WaterSMART Program which funds the planning, design, and …

Costs continue to increase for proposed expansion of Pacheco Reservoir in South Santa Clara County. Valley Water’s proposed project would increase the reservoir’s capacity from 5,500 to up to 140,000 acre-feet and provide enough water to supply up to 1.4 million residents for a year. Valley Water began moving forward …

South Coast Water District is one step closer towards construction of the Doheny Ocean Desalination Project. Nearly $12 million has been appropriated for the project by Congress in the 2021 federal spending bill signed into law last month. “The District is grateful to our champions in Congress and would like …

The Bureau of Reclamation has released the final feasibility report for the North-of-the-Delta Off-stream Storage Investigation. The report documents the potential costs and benefits of the Sites Reservoir Project. With the completion of the Feasibility Report, Sites Reservoir will remain eligible for federal funding under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for …

Western Municipal Water District (Western) recently completed the Lurin Reservoir Management System (RMS), an investment that will improve water quality for its Riverside customers. The Lurin Reservoir site includes two drinking water reservoirs and one non-potable reservoir. Typically, water that is stored in a reservoir (water tank) can start to …

Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) held a celebration earlier this week to commemorate the pending completion of the Thermal Mutual Water Consolidation project, which transitions 38 residential properties from a 50-year-old failing well to the CVWD system. In a brief ceremony in the neighborhood, Cástulo Estrada, Vice President of the …