Diamond Valley Lake data acquisition systems to be upgraded
An April 11 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California board action will result in an upgrade to the data acquisition system at Diamond Valley Lake.The MWD board authorized an agreement with Canary Systems California LLC, for an amount not to exceed $1.95 million to upgrade the data acquisition systems at Diamond Valley Lake and at Garvey Reservoir in Monterey Park. The planned upgrades include replacement of the existing remote monitoring units, piezometer, seepage weir sensors, radio equipment, power systems and communications components.Diamond Valley Lake was completed in 2000 and is the state’s largest surface water reservoir with a storage capacity of 810,000 acre-feet. The reservoir provides emergency storage in the event of a major disaster, carryover storage to s