Infrastructure

The Soquel Creek Water District (SCWD) is celebrating the recent unanimous approval of a $50 million Prop 1 State Grant that was approved by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) at their Nov. 19 meeting in Sacramento for the district’s Pure Water Soquel Groundwater Replenishment and Seawater Intrusion Prevention …

The Final Expansion of the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS), Orange County’s award-winning and the world’s largest water reuse project of its kind, is now underway with an estimated completion date of 2023. The joint project of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) and Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) was celebrated …

Mojave Water Agency (MWA) cut the ribbon on a $4.3 million, clean-energy system last week after yeas of planning. The new hydroelectric project will take advantage of water from the California Aqueduct to the district’s groundwater basin in the Victor Valley by converting existing pressure into electrical energy. The process …

The city of Paso Robles recently celebrated the completion of one of the largest and most complex infrastructure projects in the city’s history. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and facility tours were held to mark the opening of the new Tertiary Treatment Facilities at the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. Paso Robles, with …

More than $1.15 million in direct funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Basin Study Program has been awarded to the Sacramento region to advance the Sacramento Regional Water Bank and River Arc. The two projects are key to the region’s efforts to enhance resilience to climate change in the …

A rigorous scientific study plan to determine the effects of a proposed water supply project for Southern California was recently launched by Three Valleys Municipal Water District (TVMWD) to address critics’ concerns about whether pumping at the Cadiz Water Project in the Mojave Desert would impact the adjacent Bonanza Spring. …