Water Authority exploring new aqueduct plan San Diego Community News Group
Published - 02/15/21 - 07:30 AM | 2358 views | 0
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Addressing the San Diego region’s limited local water supplies with innovative ideas is something the San Diego County Water Authority has become known for. Using expertise gained from decades of successful planning and projects, the Water Authority is developing strategies to reduce the future cost of water that sustains the economy and quality of life across the county.
Those efforts are ramping up in early 2021, following a Water Authority Board decision to continue assessing the potential for a new aqueduct to transport San Diego’s low-cost, high-priority water supplies from the Colorado River to San Diego County. About 50 percent of the region’s current water supplies are from this independent source, and it is the region’s lowest base-cost supply.
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