Infrastructure

The Bureau of Reclamation today released the Central Valley Project Final Cost Allocation Study, which determines how to distribute costs of the multipurpose CVP facilities to project beneficiaries. Extending 400 miles through central California, the CVP is a multiuse water resources project that brings reliable water and power to farms …

The Bureau of Reclamation issued a Record of Decision Friday for an action that optimizes water supply and reduces pumping impacts through the Mendota Pool Group 20-Year Exchange Program, expected to begin in early 2020. Reclamation and Westlands Water District evaluated alternatives and recommended an action to allow annual exchanges …

Kettleman City will no longer be plagued by contaminated groundwater thanks to a new $11 million water treatment plant built with state and federal funds. Previously, the community had relied on delivery of replacement drinking water for years. In December, residents, community leaders, environmental justice groups, and local and state …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently announced they are moving forward with modernization of State Water Project (SWP) facilities across the state to reduce seismic and hydrologic risks. Several projects across California have begun. These projects represent a significant investment by the State to address seismic and hydrologic risks …

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand began a compassionate plea for our aging dam infrastructure earlier this week in a letter to leaders of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, which is crafting a new water resources bill. Gillibrand, a member of the committee, expressed concern about the genuine threats that surround …

Management gurus and motivational speakers preach that change is good. Whereas that may be true in many instances if the current method is functioning well and the budget supports the current method perhaps you should leave well enough alone. Until someone can prove that an alternate way of proceeding could …