Infrastructure

The Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a $59 million loan Friday to help finance two key stormwater projects. The money was made available through the EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA). CVWD will have 35 years to pay back the loan …

Hillview Water in Raymond, California will begin delivering clean drinking water with the installment of a Microvi MNE nitrate treatment system by Microvi Biotech. Hillview Water serves a rural community that has been plagued with high levels of nitrate contamination for years. Nitrate is one of the most widespread contaminants …

Earlier this week, State and Federal officials held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially launch work on a nearly $400 million project to raise the Folsom Dam 3.5 feet. The project is expected to take five years to complete and will include rock and soil fill and rip-rap on the eight earthen berms …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently released a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for a proposal to modernize water infrastructure in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, initiating environmental review in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The NOP, announcing the preparation of an environmental impact report (EIR) for the proposed …

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 …