Infrastructure

According to documents obtained by McClatchy’s Kansas City Star and The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA) President Trump’s transition team reportedly compiled a list of 50 potential infrastructure projects across the country that could be targeted in his campaign-promised proposal to update the country’s aging infrastructure. Included in the list is Southern California’s Cadiz Valley …

The San Diego County Water Authority (SDCWA) and the City of San Diego took a step toward the possibility of helping the region meet its future energy needs through a new pumped storage opportunity at the San Vicente Reservoir site. The potential project would create a new, up to 500-megawatt …

Thanks to an extensive water system improvement project by Cal Water, customers in the Bear Gulch District — including the Portola Valley and the Los Trancos area – are experiencing better water pressure, stronger water system reliability, increased fire protection, and fewer road and trail closures. The project also included …

The board of directors for the Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) recently approved plans to improve the San Ramon Valley Recycled Water Program’s treatment plant to treat more water to meet rising demand for irrigation water. The proposed improvements will increase the plant’s maximum production capacity by 70 percent, …

The Water Facilities Authority, comprised of Monte Vista Water District and the cities of Chino, Chino Hills, Ontario and Upland, has initiated an extended shutdown for mid-December through approximately March 31 of next year.  The shutdown will allow the Authority to perform necessary and extensive treatment plant repairs and upgrades, …

Effective this month, large areas in metro San Jose started receiving fluoride in its drinking water. A 2011 decision of the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) board of directors to fluoridate the water is now – partially — coming to fruition. The decision, and its implementation, levels the playing …