On the heels of preliminary findings and an interim memorandum – both released last year – in the Lake Oroville Spillways incident, the Independent Forensic Team (IFT) released additional findings late last week from its review of the February 2017 incident. In addition to identifying the combined causes that led …
Read More »Reclamation awards $4.9 million contract to Systems Integrated for Colorado River Storage
The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $4.9 million contract to Systems Integrated on Jan. 2 for a five-phase project to replace and modernize existing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems in order to further standardize Reclamation’s system architectures between its Upper and Lower Colorado Regions. This is regarded …
Read More »Los Angeles Department of Water and Power delays two-month testing of well due to low snowpack
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) had planned to begin a two-month testing of a well in the Owens Valley that was overhauled in 2014. However, the low snowpack in the Eastern Sierra has caused LADWP’s water managers to scrap these plans with hopes to conduct the …
Read More »New outlet valve purchased by Nevada Irrigation District for Rollins Lake after DSOD inspections
The Board of Directors for the Nevada Irrigation District, based in Grass Valley, has approved the purchase of a new outlet valve and support structure to replace an aging outlet valve at Rollins Lake in Nevada County. The board’s decision comes on the heels of attempts to repair the existing …
Read More »San Diego County Water Authority secures transfer agreement with Imperial Irrigation District
A historic water conservation-and-transfer agreement between San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) has been realigned for an additional decade in order to ensure deliveries of needed water for an additional decade. The SDCWA board of directors voted unanimously to extend an Exchange Agreement with …
Read More »California American Water celebrates commissioning of new treatment well in Rancho Cordova
California American Water celebrated yesterday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the commissioning of new well treatment unit in Rancho Cordova. The $1.3 million unit will treat for Perfluorooctanoic and Perfluorooctanesulfonic acids, also known as PFAAs. They are found in some fire-fighting foams and other industrial materials. PFAA is substance which …
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