Infrastructure

The city of Santa Barbara’s Charles E. Meyer Desalination Facility is targeted to be re-activated and actively producing water by mid-May after investing some $70 million financed over 40 years. The desalination plant was originally constructed and operational in the early 1990s. However, due to an abundant rainfall in the …

After having drained the historic Silver Lake Reservoir in late 2015 to prepare for the construction of the Silver Lake Reservoir Complex (SLRC) Bypass Project, Los Angeles area officials gathered earlier this week to crank open the tower valves to begin refilling the Silver Lake complex ahead of schedule. Councilmembers …

Five Southern California governmental agencies have announced an agreement that lays the framework for the expansion of community recreational facilities at Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County. After more than a year of work, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD), the city of Hemet, …

Former Senator Barbara Boxer (D) and former Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez (D) have called on the state’s leadership to finally approve the proposed Huntington Beach desalination project. Both Boxer and Nunez are currently serving as consultants for the Poseidon Water project. The proposed project would produce 56,000-acre-feet per (50 million …

After having shut down its Orinda Water Treatment Plant in the fall of 2016 for needed improvements, the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) has re-opened the facility and Sierra mountain water is now back on tap for the district’s 800,000 customers west of the Oakland Berkeley Hills. To ensure …

A rural enclave of 140 homes in central Riverside County finally have a new water system to provide safe and dependable water after years of a problematic and unreliable water source. Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) recently began providing water service to the former customers of the now-defunct, private and …