Infrastructure

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) will be breaking ground in late 2019 or early 2020 for the construction of a large diameter raw water pipeline in the San Jacinto Valley thanks to $750,000 in grant funding from the United States Bureau of Reclamation. The recent announcement of the award from …

California Water Service (Cal Water) recently submitted an Infrastructure Improvement Plan for the Oroville District for years 2019-2021. The plan was submitted to an independent state agency and a separate state watchdog, the Office of Ratepayer Advocates, for review and approval. In submitting the plan on July 2, Cal Water …

California Water Service (Cal Water) recently submitted infrastructure improvement plans in all of its California districts for years 2019-2021 in its General Rate Case filing with the California Public Utilities Commission. More than half of Cal Water’s proposed $828.5 million of infrastructure improvements relate to its transmission and distribution pipeline …

Along with partners Ducks Unlimited and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is proposing to construct the Sutter National Wildlife Refuge Lift Station Project. Reclamation has released the Environmental Assessment/Initial Study (EA/IS) for the project. The proposed project consists of six primary elements on lands owned by the USFWS …

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 …