Infrastructure

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 …

The Sites Reservoir Joints Power Authority, located in Northern California, is looking at building a $2.5 to $4 billion reservoir near Maxwell. The reservoir would flood the Antelope Valley, a cattle ranging community. The proposed project would store anywhere from 1.3 to 1.8 million ace-feet of water. The reservoir would …

On Wednesday, a settlement between the Westlands Water District, the Justice Department and the Bureau of Reclamation was filed in federal court. The compromise settles a long ordeal for Westlands’ customers. During the 1960s, the San Luis Act mandated the construction of agricultural drainage facilities to serve lands that covered …