The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently released its list of nominees for the 2020 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) award and the list includes the Oroville Dam rebuild. The only other California engineering projected of the list of Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement projects is the Salesforce Tower in …
Read More »State Water Board Unanimously Approves $50 Million Prop 1 State Grant for Pure Water Soquel
The Soquel Creek Water District (SCWD) is celebrating the recent unanimous approval of a $50 million Prop 1 State Grant that was approved by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) at their Nov. 19 meeting in Sacramento for the district’s Pure Water Soquel Groundwater Replenishment and Seawater Intrusion Prevention …
Read More »Orange County Agencies Celebrate Final Expansion of the Groundwater Replenishment System
The Final Expansion of the Groundwater Replenishment System (GWRS), Orange County’s award-winning and the world’s largest water reuse project of its kind, is now underway with an estimated completion date of 2023. The joint project of the Orange County Water District (OCWD) and Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) was celebrated …
Read More »Mojave Water Agency Celebrates New Near Net-Neutral Hydroelectric, Clean Energy System
Mojave Water Agency (MWA) cut the ribbon on a $4.3 million, clean-energy system last week after yeas of planning. The new hydroelectric project will take advantage of water from the California Aqueduct to the district’s groundwater basin in the Victor Valley by converting existing pressure into electrical energy. The process …
Read More »City of Paso Robles Completes New Tertiary Treatment Facilities at Wastewater Treatment Plant
The city of Paso Robles recently celebrated the completion of one of the largest and most complex infrastructure projects in the city’s history. A ribbon-cutting ceremony and facility tours were held to mark the opening of the new Tertiary Treatment Facilities at the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. Paso Robles, with …
Read More »Reclamation Funding Enhances Climate Resiliency Efforts in the Sacramento Region
More than $1.15 million in direct funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Basin Study Program has been awarded to the Sacramento region to advance the Sacramento Regional Water Bank and River Arc. The two projects are key to the region’s efforts to enhance resilience to climate change in the …
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