City of Sonora and Tuolumne County Representatives, Tribal partners, community leaders, project partners, and neighboring districts joined the Tuolumne Utilities District (TUD) Board of Directors and staff for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the completion of the new Sonora Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility (SRWWTF). “This state-of-the-art facility represents a …
Read More »Ribbon cutting ceremony marks phase 1 Friant-Kern Canal fix
The Bureau of Reclamation, Friant Water Authority, and California Department of Water Resources held a ribbon cutting celebration last week to mark the completion of Phase 1 of the Friant-Kern Canal Middle Reach Capacity Correction Project. The project will restore capacity to 33 miles of the existing Friant-Kern Canal damaged …
Read More »IEUA breaks ground on Exploratory Boring and Monitoring Well Project
The Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) broke ground earlier this month on its Exploratory Boring and Monitoring Well Project. Local dignitaries from IEUA, Chino Basin Watermaster, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the State Water Resources Control Board, and other program partners took part in a ceremony at one of …
Read More »Wastewater treatment facility receives funding for improvements
The Calaveras County Water District (CCWD) secured $11.2 million from the Army Corps of Engineers (Army Corps) in the 2024 federal budget to construct the enhancement of the Copper Cove Wastewater Treatment Plant and Reclamation Facility. The funds are part of the Section 219 Environmental Infrastructure program run by the …
Read More »Report shows benefits outweigh costs of modernizing State Water Project
Last week the Department of Water Resources (DWR) released the highly-anticipated benefit-cost analysis for the Delta Conveyance Project and it comes as no surprise that the report says the infrastructure modernization project’s benefits would far surpass the cost to build. The analysis, conducted by the Berkeley Research Group but paid …
Read More »Yucaipa Subbasin project receives $3.1 million from Riverside County
San Gorgonio Pass Water Agency, San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District (SBVMWD) and South Mesa Water Company (SMWC) are building strong regional partnerships through the County Line Recharge Basin and Turnout Project, a joint endeavor to increase water supply in the Yucaipa Subbasin and deliver reliable water access to 18,000 …
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