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Awards for Coachella Valley: Coachella canal lining project & drinking water are both winners

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 10, 2008 at 7:07 am

Two stories from MyDesert.com this morning:

Coachella Canal lining project wins award:

The Coachella Valley Water District was recently honored with the San Diego Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Project of the Year for its Coachella Canal Lining Project. The Coachella Canal Lining Project, a parallel, concrete-lined canal nearly 36 miles in length, was constructed in 2004-2006 to replace the two remaining, earthen sections of the original canal, which was completed in the late 1940s.

The entire canal is 123 miles in length and responsible for delivering what historically has been about 300,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water annually to Coachella Valley, predominately to agriculture. The lined waterway conserves about 26,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water annually.

Mission Springs Water District’s water wins silver medal at Berkley Springs International Water Tasting: Yes, Metropolitan’s tasty brew came in first, and Mission Springs apparently was second:

“This city has both hot and cold running water, and they’re both great.” This from Randy Duncan, president of the board of directors of the Mission Springs Water District, who now has something else to brag about.

For the sixth time - the most of any other municipality in the world - the taste of Mission Springs drinking water was judged in February to be among the best in the world. At the 17th annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting, Mission Springs took home a silver medal, meaning it beat out 98 other contestants from around the world.

Read the full text of the Coachella Canal story from MyDesert.com by clicking here, and read the full text of the article on Mission Springs drinking water by clicking here.