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The Stantec Design and Engineering Firm will oversee the development and construction of the $ 800 million Mojave Subdener Water Bank Project In the Mojave Desert of California, Cadiz Cadiz announced in late February. The project, which will bring water from an old aquifer under the Mojave Desert, will supply California and Arizona.
When completed, the groundwater bank will be the new largest water infrastructure project in the southwest, according to Cadiz, based in Los Angeles. It will provide 2.5 million feet of water supply feet, 1 million feet of feet of underground storage capacity and a network of pipes that covers more than 350 kilometers between the aqueduct of the Colorado river and the California aqueduct.
Stantec, based in Edmonton, Alberta, will be the engineer of the owner, according to the launch. The firm will also attend the selection of the contractor by virtue of a construction manager in risk delivery and will direct the process of engineering, contracting and management of construction.
Stantec has decades of experience working with public services throughout California and the West, said John Hanula, a Stenior Senior Vice President in the statement.
“The variability of water supply resulting from climate change threatens long -term water safety throughout the United States, and the water delivery system must be updated and expanded to meet the needs safely and reliable from our communities,” said Hanula.
Cadiz is associating with the Lytton Rancheria tribe in CaliforniaAccording to the Indian game, to build, possess and operate the groundwater bank. It represents the first large -scale water -scale water infrastructure project in the history of the United States, according to the firm.
For Indian play, Rancheria Lytton will invest $ 50 million in the project, located at the base of a 2,000 square kilometer hydrographic basin system about 40 miles north of the Colorado River aqueduct and 220 miles to the east of the California State Water Project facilities, which supply water to 27 million Californians and also Californians.
At the beginning of March, the The project also achieved a promise of $ 175 million From a main investor, an unnamed traded company focused on investing in water infrastructure projects, reported Water Finance & Management.
The project has been attracting fierce opposition for a long time, however: Conservation groups say that removing water from the aquifer would threaten natural sources and wildlife In the heart of the Mojave Desert, the Palm Desert reported in California. Numerous California officials have fought against the project, including the missing Senator Dianne Feinstein.
However, the work is expected to begin by 2025, with an initial delivery of water aimed at 2026, Indian Gaming reported.
