Power Engineering Construction Company was awarded the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California construction contract to rehabilitate the concrete liner of the San Diego Canal in San Jacinto.An October 8 MWD board vote approved a $1,833,650 construction contract with Power Engineering, which is based in Alameda. The work will remove and replace approximately 11,000 square feet of concrete panels and install 24 total weep holes in the invert of the canal. The board action also found the repair of the existing facility to be categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act review.The San Diego Canal is a concrete-lined open channel with a trapezoidal cross-section. The canal collects Colorado River water from the Casa Loma Canal and State Water Project supply
