Infrastructure

An historic commitment by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to upgrade and rebuild water infrastructures in rural communities with 10,000 residents or less was recently announced by the Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett. The USDA is providing the funding through the Water and Waste Disposal …

Officials with Orange County Water District’s (OCWD) have received notification of a $135 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan from officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the final expansion of the district’s Groundwater Replenishment System. “This advanced water recycling and groundwater replenishment project will …

The construction of San Francisco’s innovative Southeast Treatment Plant Biosolids Digester Facilities Project (STPBDFP) received a major boost on Monday with a $699 million loan to San Francisco’s Public Utilities Commission from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). With EPA’s Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan, the San …

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) provided the public with a construction update on the status of the Lake Oroville Spillways Emergency Recovery Project this past Wednesday. Of special note was the convening of the inaugural meeting of a community-led group of local elected officials and stakeholder organizations – now …

The Los Angeles County (LAC) Department of Public Works has selected a new provider for a broad range of water resources infrastructure projects including mitigation, on-call environmental compliance and community outreach services. The contract for ICF was awarded by the county’s Water Resources Branch. ICF, headquartered in Fairfax, VA, is …

Construction is underway on a $5.9 million Irrigation Distribution Improvement Project in Riverside County’s La Quinta. Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) recently began the project to replace aging irrigation infrastructure and continue the District’s effort to ensure a sustainable groundwater supply. The La Quinta Irrigation Distribution Improvement Project will increase …