Infrastructure

Palmdale Water District (PWD) has started preparing for the scheduled removal of the baffle curtains from its six-million-gallon clearwell water tank, known as the 6M, where treated water is stored before being distributed to customers. Divers with Blue Locker Diving are scheduled to enter the 6M on Monday, Oct. 30, …

Officials from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) and the Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency are celebrating a key milestone in the construction of the High Desert Water Bank in the Antelope Valley groundwater basin. The High Desert Water Bank is on a 1,500-acre site on the Valley’s …

In a joint release issued Friday, the Department of the Interior and San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority announced the B.F. Sisk Dam Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project plans have been approved. Friday’s announcement marks the first approval of a major water storage project in California since 2011. The B.F. …

Officials and staff with the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District (EVMWD) held a groundbreaking ceremony last week on the $250 million expansion of the Regional Water Reclamation Facility (RWRF). “The expansion of the Elsinore Regional Water Reclamation Facility is a critical step towards securing our state’s water future,” said Joe …

The Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) recently announced they have been awarded conditional funding from two competitive grant programs for their Inland Empire Recycled Water and Aquifer Storage Project and Chino Basin Advanced Treated Recycled Water, Storage, and Production project. IEUA will receive more than $46 million from the Federal …

The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded the Soquel Creek Water District $30 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to advance the Pure Water Soquel Groundwater Replenishment and Seawater Intrusion Prevention Project. The project will provide a sustainable alternative water supply to address the critically over-drafted Santa Cruz Mid-County Groundwater Basin and …