SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The San Diego County Water Authority’s Board of Directors approved an $11.4 million construction project to improve drinking water supply reliability in North County today.
The Hauck Mesa Storage Reservoir project will begin in February and includes demolition of an abandoned steel tank, building a 2.1 million-gallon storage reservoir connected to the Valley Center Pipeline, and construction of an isolation vault and an underground flow-control facility. The project is expected to be completed by winter 2022. Pacific Hydrotech Corporation of Perris, California is the contractor.
Strategic infrastructure improvements by the Water Authority and its 24 member agencies are part of the regional effort to ensure continued delivery of water to the region. The Water Authority completed a $30 million series of upgrades on the historic First Aqueduct in North County this month with the intent to ensure these facilities continue to serve the region for many more decades