California Construction News staff writer
A total of 44 projects will receive $217 million to increase water supply reliability, expand new water storage and conservation, and protect against flooding. Also, $71 million was announced to respond to local drought impacts. Projects include:
- San Joaquin County, Stockton East Water District – $12.2 million to divert water from the New Hogan Reservoir for groundwater recharge and drinking water purposes.
- City of Fresno – $5.2 million for improvements to the existing Leaky Acres Basin to maximize the capture of surface water during flood events.
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Works – $10.5 million to reinforce the Santa Anita dam, adding over 2,000 acre-feet of new storm water resources to the groundwater basin annually.
- Casitas Municipal Water District – $3.6 million to develop a deep extraction well to provide an estimated additional 8,000 acre-feet per year of new water supply.
- City of Morgan Hill – $4 million to construct a new 850,000-gallon aboveground steel water supply reservoir.
- San Lorenzo Valley Water District – $4.5 million to replace nine leaking water storage tanks with six fire-resistant steel tanks.
- Fresno Unified School District – $540,000 for two projects benefiting a local elementary and middle school to irrigate with recycled water.
- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power – $4.5 million to upgrade the Dominguez Gap Seawater Intrusion Barrier to use 100 percent recycled water.
Water Conservation/Yard Transformation work:
- Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District – $2.6 million to install water-efficient fixtures in single-family and multifamily homes in targeted disadvantaged community areas to improve indoor water efficiency.
- City of Modesto – $2.3 million to replace 17.79 acres of non-functional turf grass with drought tolerant landscaping at 21 parks for an estimated water savings of over 54 acre-feet annually.
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California – $30 million to implement a turf replacement program.
