An audit of the city of San Diego’s Public Utilities Department (PUD) and its installation of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) has revealed a project beset with problems since 2015. In 2012 the city’s (PUD) entered into a contract with a vendor to complete an AMI pilot project covering approximately 11,000 …
Read More »Federal Judge Remands Cadiz Water Project Pipeline Evaluation Back to BLM for Explicit Explanation
Judge George H. Wu of the Los Angeles Central District Federal Court recently issued a ruling in two consolidated cases brought against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) related to co-location of infrastructure in existing railroad rights-of-way, including the Cadiz Water …
Read More »Twelve California Projects Receive Grant Funding from Reclamation for Water Conservation Projects
The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation has announced the allocation of 29.1 million in grants from the WaterSMART Program to aid communities in better conserving water. Forty-five projects from 13 states will use the WaterSMART funds will received funds in one of two categories. Twenty-eight projects from 11 states …
Read More »751 kW Solar Project for Plumas Mutual Water District Awarded to Sunworks, Inc.
Construction of a new $1.3 million, 751kW ground-mount solar power construction project for Plumas Mutual Water District (PMWD) is expected to commence later this year. Sunworks, Inc., a provider of provider of high-performance solar power systems, has announced it has been awarded the contract for the Northern California PMWD project. …
Read More »Amethyst Basin Flood Control and Water Project a Model of Inter-Agency Cooperation
Ten years in the making, the Amethyst Basin flood control and groundwater recharge facility is now a reality. A recent dedication ceremony marked the completion of the project and featured the four agencies that cooperatively saw the 27.4-acre project to completion. The $9-million project is designed to handle a 100-year …
Read More »DWR Announces $14 Million in Grant Funds for Three Water Desalination Projects
Three California entities will share in more than $14 million in grant funding as was announced by the Department of Water Resources (DWR) earlier this week. The funds are for increasing water quality, supply, and infrastructure in California communities through desalination or the removal of salts and dissolved solids from …
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