Infrastructure

HydroRevolution, a subsidiary of WaterFX, will be building a $30 million dollar desalination plant in the Central Valley. The operation will run solely on solar energy and is a partnership in conjunction with the Panoche Water and Drainage District in Firebaugh. WaterFX is building the project on 35 acres of …

With the California drought at its worst, lawmakers are beginning to examine how to solve the water crisis. Instead of looking at traditional ways of conserving water, members of the Bureau of Reclamation are reexamining water projects and infrastructure that could help soften the drought’s blow. The reexamination comes after …

The Contra Costa Water District, in partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, is looking to further expand the Los Vaqueros Reservoir in Contra Costa County. The expansion would increase the reservoir’s current capacity of 160,000 acre-feet to 275,000 acre-feet. The expansion is said to have been a part of …

An 8-inch, cast-iron water main that was built in 1926 broke early Monday morning. The report was received around 3 a.m. The break caused flooding at the intersection of Odin Street and North Cahuenga Boulevard. Eventually, the flooding led to the buckling of the street. Water for nearly 80 homes …

The Inland Empire will see its first major water infrastructure project in a decade begin with the construction of the Cadiz Water Project in 2016.  Not since the beginning of the Metropolitan Water District’s Inland Feeder project which started construction in 1997 has a new water conveyance project begun construction …

Because of the severity of the California drought, other southwest states are beginning to look at new ways of creating and storing water. Although a drought exists in these other states, none of them are as severe as the California drought. Weather forecasters, however, predict that the drought could worsen. …