Otay Water District (OWD) was recently granted a presidential permit to build an approximately four-mile potable water pipeline at the International Boundary between the United States and Mexico in San Diego County. The new pipeline would connect OWD with a desalination plant in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. The increasing need …
Read More »New Delta Research Station’s final environmental documents released by Dept. of Water Resources
The proposed plan to build a new state-of-the-art field station in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta on the former Rio Vista Army Base has completed an important portion of the pre-build process with the finalization of the environmental documents. The proposed Rio Vista Estuarine Research Station is intended to house scientists …
Read More »Reclamation seeks entries for ideas to protect steel structures from corrosion in water environments
In partnership and cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Navy Facilities Engineering Command, the Bureau of Reclamation has initiated a competition seeking concepts to protect large, hydraulic structures from corrosion in water environments including hydroelectric penstock pipes and gates …
Read More »Coachella Valley Water District contends with two broken sewer pipes, repairs underway
Water overflowing from a pond at a nearby business in the Inland Empire’s Palm Desert has caused two sewer pipes and an irrigation pipe to break. The overflowing water caused an earthen area to erode and created a gaping hole approximately 25-feet deep and 50-feet wide. Coachella Valley Water District …
Read More »Inland Empire Utilities Agency receives $5.2 million from Reclamation’s WaterSMART Title XVI program
Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) has announced that it will be using a $5.2 million grant from the Bureau of Reclamation to help fund the Chino Desalter Phase 3 Expansion of the Lower Chino Dairy Area Desalination and Reclamation Project. The project will improve the quality of both the groundwater …
Read More »DWR announces $86.3 million available for Groundwater Sustainability Plans and Projects
A 2014, $7.5 billion water bond, overwhelmingly supported by California’s voters, is now making $86.3 million available for Groundwater Sustainability Plans and Projects. The Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced the release of 2017 Draft Proposal Solicitation Package for Groundwater Sustainability Plans and Projects earlier this week which is intended …
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