The Rancho California Water District board awarded Ardurra Group Inc. the contract to design improvements to the district’s Carancho Pump Station.The board’s 7-0 vote Thursday, Dec. 14, approves a $549,564 professional services contract with Ardurra, which is headquartered in Tampa and has an office in Temecula, for the final design, environmental documentation and bid phase support services. The improvements will increase the pump station capacity from 1,450 gallons per minute to 4,200 gallons per minute.The Carancho Pump Station was originally constructed in 1987. The facility has two 1,450 gallons per minute pumps, one for duty and one for standby, along with two empty pump cans. The current pump station does not have backup power generation, nor does it have the ability to
