Intense work continues at the Lake Oroville Spillways and the Department of Water Resources (DWR) recently announced in its most recent update that the emergency spillway’s underground secant pile cutoff wall was completed on March 7 and marks a major milestone for 2018 construction. The secant pile wall is 1,450- …
Read More »Reclamation prize competition seeks new ways to detect leaks and flaws in large buried pipelines
Seeking to stem the tide of billions of gallons of water being lost annually to undetected leaks in pipes delivering water, the Bureau of Reclamation has announced a new prize competition quest for innovative methods and technologies to detect leaks and flaws in large buried pipelines. No practical method currently …
Read More »Reclamation issues reminder: Unauthorized drones not allowed over Folsom and Shasta dams
The Bureau of Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific Region has issued a reminder that unauthorized drone operations are restricted around California’s Folsom and Shasta dams. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced an expanded list of restricted drone operations sites last September which included the two California dams. The FAA’s order was put in …
Read More »Marina Coast Water District awarded $10.5M for Recycled Water Project and Distribution System
More than $10.5 million was recently awarded to the Marina Coast Water District (MCWD) from the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 and the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (Proposition 1). The low-interest loan and grant will be used for a recycled water transmission and distribution system …
Read More »East Branch Extension completion celebrated by local water districts, Department of Water Resources
More than 100 people gathered at the Redlands site of the East Branch Extension (EBX) of the State Water Project’s (SWP) Aqueduct yesterday to celebrate the project’s completion and the foresight of the region’s forefathers. Doug Headrick, general manager of the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD), said prior …
Read More »Infrastructure improvements boosted by $173.5 million in low-interest loans from EPA
Four California water projects have been awarded a total of $173.5 million in low-interest loans from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure improvements. The EPA awarded the State Water Resources Control Board the funds to capitalize its clean water and drinking water State Revolving …
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