Infrastructure

Community Meeting on Thursday will discuss the Project, Environmental Report After being studied for more than a decade, plans are moving forward for a $90 million desalination plant near San Juan Creek on 30 acres of land owned by South Coast Water District (SCWD), about 2,500 feet from the beach …

Funds to be Used for Launching Groundwater Plans The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has announced that Proposition 1 grants have been awarded to 21 counties for a total of $6.7 million.  Proposition 1 – the Sustainable Groundwater Planning Grant Program (SGPGP) – was enacted by Gov. Jerry Brown …

In a last ditch effort to again delay the Cadiz Water Project in California’s Mojave Desert, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) and Tetra Technology Inc. (Tetra), a Texas-based oil and gas conglomerate, have two appeals to be heard by the 4th District Court this Wednesday (March 23) in Santa Ana, CA. Following …

East Valley Water District’s proposal to build a water recycling plant–Sterling Natural Resources Center –has passed its initial hurdle this week with a unanimous vote by the Board of Directors for the San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD). The project involves the construction of a wastewater treatment facility and …

A special tour and ribbon cutting ceremony for the Eagle Canyon Dam and newly completed storm drain system—Line 43/43A—was held Thursday, March 10. Riverside County Supervisor John J. Benoit, Cathedral City Mayor Stanley E. Henry, Cathedral City Councilmember John Aguillar, General Manager-Chief Engineer of the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation …

In what some are calling a controversial move, the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Water District voted Tuesday to authorize the general manager to enter into an agreement to purchase property from Delta Wetlands Properties. The property in question involves five islands in the Delta: Bacon Island, Bouldin Island, …