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All-American Canal lining finished

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on April 18, 2009 at 7:32 am

From the Imperial Valley Press:

The All-American Canal lining is essentially finished, bringing to a close a project 20 years in the making. “It’s a very exciting time for us,” said Halla Razak, the San Diego County Water Authority’s director of Colorado River programs.

The water saved from the lining of the canal will be transferred to San Diego as part of the Quantification Settlement Agreement signed in 2003. Razak said that while the project has been in the design and planning stages for 20 years, it was the QSA that brought San Diego on board.

In exchange for the estimated 67,700 acre-feet of water from the lining, San Diego County Water Authority agreed to pay part of the project’s $285 million cost. The other part was paid for by the state. The Imperial Irrigation District oversaw the construction, where 23 miles of the canal were lined with concrete, stretching from Pilot Knob to Drop 3.

“This is a very secure supply of water for San Diego,” Razak said, something that was becoming increasingly important with the ongoing drought in the state. San Diego will get the transferred water for 110 years.

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April 18, 2009 · Filed Under All-American Canal

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