Two 7-0 Rancho California Water District board votes on Oct. 17 advanced the RWCD project to expand and improve the Carancho Pump Station.
One action adopted an environmental Mitigated Negative Declaration for the project including a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. The other motion awarded a $6,711,861 construction contract to Myers & Sons Construction, LLC, and a $334,712 construction support and environmental monitoring services contract to Ardurra Group, Inc.
The improvements will increase the pump station capacity from 1,450 gallons per minute (gpm) to 4,200 gpm. The project will also install permanent backup power to guard the water supply against power shut offs during high fire risk weather events. The existing 120-foot diameter Carancho No. 1 and 100-foot diamete
