Infrastructure

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 …

San Jose Water announced last week that it had filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to deploy Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) throughout its service area. AMI technology includes advanced meters that can take up to hourly readings daily, along with a data transmission system to provide …

Although the Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) are still several months away from holding public meetings to further inform the public of the dam safety project at B.F. Sisk Dam and San Luis Reservoir, located between Los Banos and Gilroy. DWR operates the Reclamation-owned …