Infrastructure

Proposition 1, approved by 67 percent of California voters in 2014, dedicated $2.7 billion for the Water Storage Investment Program (WSIP) and created a competitive process for funding projects based on their public benefit. Of that amount 2 percent has been set aside for bond financing and 2.5 percent has …

With a November 1 deadline to complete major work and placement of all concrete on the main Lake Oroville Spillway, construction crews are continuing foundation cleaning and the placement of dental and leveling concrete to prepare for placement of structural concrete walls and slabs on the 730 feet of the …

The city of San Diego’s has awarded a five-year, multi-million-dollar contract to DNV GL and Synergi Software to assist the city’s engineers and water systems operators within Public Utilities Department with the maintenance of some 3,000 miles of transmission and distribution pipelines.  The software system supports pressure management, leak reduction …

Groundwater sustainability has been a long-term commitment for the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD). Long before the most recent drought, CVWD realized the need to design facilities at Whitewater – on west bank of the Whitewater River, 10 miles northwest of Palm Springs in Riverside County – to capture the runoff …

Assembly Bill 746, which took effect Jan. 1, requires all of California’s K-12 public schools, as well as day care and preschools on public school properties built before 2010, to complete lead sampling on drinking water fountain and faucets – and water used for preparing food. A new map-based, online …

A major flood in 1997 became the impetus for Yuba County Water Agency (YCWA) to identify future projects to reduce the region’s flood risk. The early January 1997 flood resulted in levee failure on the east bank of the Feather River some six miles south of Olivehurst. The affected communities …