Infrastructure

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. …

At the 90th annual Sacramento Hot Breakfast, hosted by the California Chamber of Commerce, Governor Jerry Brown discussed his plans for two water diversion tunnels. According to Brown, these tunnels would protect California’s economy from tanking. Along the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a number of levees and berms are aging, which …

Yesterday the Bureau of Reclamation announced funding for more than 50 different water infrastructure projects in 12 western states under its WaterSMART initiative. The WaterSMART initiative was started in 2010, and has provided about $250 million to different agencies for sustainable water projects. Of the projects selected to receive funding, …