Infrastructure

The California drought has had an unprecedented impact on Californians. As the scarcity of water becomes more of a problem, the lack of adequate infrastructure has made the issue far worse. Recently, there has been a flurry of water main breaks across the state. Yreka Last Friday, a break in the city’s …

Mojave River Pipeline and Others Jeopardized. A decision October 2nd by the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) could cause significant delays in the construction of future water pipelines and endanger the permitting of existing pipelines on federal land. In an unprecedented move, the Federal Bureau of Land Management released …

Californians for Water Security, a coalition of residents and a multitude of businesses, was established to put together a comprehensive, multi-year plan to fix California’s aging water system. The group wants to improve water infrastructure using the latest technology. They want water security and the ability to move and store …

Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) recently completed an 18-month project that brought a state-of-the-art sewer system to Temecula’s Wine Country, located in Riverside County. The project is said to improve groundwater quality by removing the need for septic systems at the wineries. Groundwater contamination occurs throughout the basin when septic …

In 1996, Congress established the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, which provides cities, states and utility agencies with low-interest loans as a means of maintaining the country’s aging water system. For the past few years, Congress has approved $900 million on an annual basis. One in five dollars has gone …

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the largest wholesale supplier of water in the state, is considering a new project that could potentially create the largest recycled water program in the world. MWD has met with sanitation districts in Los Angeles County about the possibility of building a treatment plant …