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As of March 2022 there have been 96 projects submitted. This list will continue to be updated as projects are added or updated.
Project Submital- 10: Preserve water quality
Project Objective
Project Funding Area
Colorado
Project Description
HDWD has identified 40 private and public wells within the Warren Valley Subbasin that require either destruction or protective measures to be installed. This project focuses on providing funding to well owners to complete the necessary work in an effort to protect the groundwater basin.
Lead Agencies
Hi-Desert Water District
Contact People
Tony Culver
- 10: Preserve water quality
Project Objective
Project Funding Area
Lahontan
Project Description
The Running Springs Water Districts Sewer Lift Station Nos. 1 and 3 are more than 40 years old and in need of significant improvements to increase reliability and reduce the potential for sanitary sewer overflows into the Deep Creek watershed. The improved reliability to these critical sewer lift stations will increase the water quality impacts to the headwaters of the Mojave watershed.
Lead Agencies
Running Springs Water District
Contact People
Ryan Gross
909-867-2766
rgross@runningspringswd.com
- 08: Improve environmental stewardship
Project Objective
Project Funding Area
Lahontan
Project Description
Invasive species (tamarisk) removal, expansion/improvement of endangered Mohave tui chub habitat and implementation of a sustainable engineered riparian habitat irrigation system.
Lead Agencies
Mojave Desert Resource Conservation District
Contact People
Chuck Bell
Project Funding Area
Lahontan
Project Description
The Basin would provide groundwater recharge upgradient from Hesperia Water District wells. The Hesperia Master Plan of Drainage identifies a 120 acre site for a storm water detention basin at the east end of Cedar Street and southwesterly of the California Aqueduct. In addition to storm water detention, the site would be able to accommodate groundwater recharge./The SBCFCD has stormwater detention basins planned in Cedar Street. These basin can also be conjunctively used for groundwater recharge.
Lead Agencies
Mojave Water Agency
Project Funding Area
Colorado
Project Description
The companys system is divided into two parts as previously described. The west side currently has a dead end mainline coming from the leased wells on the east side of the flood channel to Highland Road, south on Highland to Furst St then west on Furst to a dead end. This side of the system would include a new well on Highway 18 then create a system loop from the new well south on Red Butte Ave to Furst St then east on Furst to tie into the existing dead end line. Also, from the new well site a new pipeline would run east along the highway to Highland Road, then north on Highland to point of connection with the existing mainline. The company proposes to use the two 10,000 gallon storage tanks at this new ell site.
Lead Agencies
Center Water Company
Updates & Comments
Recent Prop. 1/SRF Planning grant awarded
Project Funding Area
Lahontan
Project Description
COV VSD 4 Lift Station will divert the remainder of the Federal Bureau of Prisons wastewater flow to the City’s WWTP and blend the TDS from the WWTP’s industrial wastewater flow down to a limit that will allow the sale of Title 22 recycled water for cooling purposes to the High Desert Power Project and a future second power plant in the area.
Lead Agencies
Victorville City
Contact People
Steve Ashton
- 02: Improving regional water use efficiency
- 12: Improve public awareness
Project Objective
Project Funding Area
Lahontan
Project Description
This project would expand the scope of turf removal projects in the Mojave region. Currently, there is a $10,000 rebate cap for commercial, industrial, and mult-family units. This has discouraged larger scale landscape conservation projects. The savings this project can expect is approximately 55 gallons of water saved per year per square foot of grass removed. this would increase our water savings throughout the region based on how much participation we receive in the process.
Lead Agencies
Alliance for Water Awareness and Conservation
Contact People
Nicholas Schneider
Project Funding Area
Lahontan
Project Description
Evaluate the concept of a community water system that draws water from a source of water that is not affected by the chromium plume. The water source must not be affected by plume expansion, remedial byproducts, or groundwater drawdown for the lifetime of the source and must be able to meet the water quality requirements.
Lead Agencies
Department of Public Health Grant, Lahanton Regional Water Quality Control Board, Mojave Water Agency
Contact People
Lester Steven White
Updates & Comments
Hinkley Water Supply Augmentation – 2004 Regional Water Management Plan – MWA
- 01: Balance future water demands
- 03: Maintain stability in overdrafted groundwater basins
- 08: Improve environmental stewardship
- 10: Preserve water quality
- 12: Improve public awareness
Project Objective
Project Funding Area
Colorado, Lahontan
Project Description
A cooperative water resources program between the Agency and the USGS has been in place since October 1991. The program has served, and continues to serve, as an integral part of the Agencys ability to understand and manage the basin(s). The extension of the program for the 2015-2016 fiscal year will be crucial to MWAs ongoing basin management efforts.
The elements of this cooperative agreement consist of:
1. Basin Wide Groundwater-Level and Water-Quality Monitoring Network – USGS Staff monitor water levels and collect water quality samples at selected wells to supplement MWAs internal monitoring program. These additional data points enable the MWA to maintain a more robust monitoring network across our Service Area.
2. Surface-Water Monitoring and Water Quality – The USGS maintains five streamflow gaging stations along the Mojave River drainage system. Streamflow gaging stations are located at Deep Creek, West Fork, the Lower Narrows, Barstow, and Afton. In addition to streamflow monitoring, the USGS also monitors water quality at three of these locations. The stream gaging data and surface water quality data are maintained on the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS) website.
3. Review and Storage of MWA Water-Level and Water-Quality Data – The USGS has been maintaining MWA collected water level and water quality data on the NWIS website since FY 2008. This enables our constituents, Board members, MWA staff, and any interested parties to access our data at any time.
4. Monitoring Regional Water-Level Changes and Subsidence – The USGS has monitored regional water levels and produced biennial groundwater contour maps since 1992. This work allows the review of water level changes over time across our Service Area and the greater Mojave Desert region. The USGS will also gather and analyze land subsidence data for the region as part of this years agreement. The data from this work will be integrated with previous subsidence studies completed by the USGS for the Agency to produce a USGS Fact Sheet on subsidence across the region.
5. Trace-Element Occurrence and Geochemistry – Work under this years Program Letter will include analyzing alluvial sediments and groundwater samples for trace element (e.g., arsenic, chromium, manganese, etc.) concentrations and evaluating the mobility of trace elements from aquifer materials into groundwater. Associated tasks will include comparing sediment trace element distribution, abundance and mobility data with oxic-alkaline groundwater conditions within aquifers (e.g. Mojave River alluvium versus regional aquifer). The results of this work, in combination with previously generated water chemistry maps will contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the processes controlling groundwater quality across our Service Area.
Lead Agencies
Mojave Water Agency
Contact People
Anna Garcia
- 10: Preserve water quality
Project Objective
Project Funding Area
Colorado, Lahontan
Project Description
The California State Water Resources Control Board recent adoption of a Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) for hexavalent chromium of 0.010 mg/L (10 µg/L) on July 1, 2014, has caused an issue with many systems in the Mojave IRWM Plan to be able to provide safe drinking water that meets the new standard. This program would provide assistance to systems to collaborate with state and federal funding agencies to help meet the challenges and cost of hexavalent chromium treatment. Mojave Water Agency using Department of Public Health data show that there are systems within the Mojave IRWM Plan that are affected by the new MCL for hexavalent chromium. Systems that are included in this program but not limited to:
Joshua Basin Water District
Phelan Pinon Hill Community Service District
County of San Bernardino CSA 70J
Thunderbird County Water District
West End Mutual Water Company
Apple Valley View Mutual Water Company
Gordon Acres Water Company
Daggett Community Services District
29 Palms Water District (added July 2016)
Lead Agencies
Mojave Water Agency
Contact People
Lance Eckhart