The Citizens Water Academy is 11 years strong and still flowing forward!
The spring class of the award-winning program just wrapped up, and what a journey it has been. At its core, the program educates and empowers local professionals and leaders by diving deep into the region's most critical water issues.
From classroom insights to eye-opening tours of our region's essential water infrastructure, participants of the Citizens Water Academy gain a firsthand understanding of what it takes to sustain our most precious resource.
To all our graduates, thank you for your curiosity, commitment, and passion for shaping a future in which we continue to have safe and reliable water supplies.
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"Another advocate of proactive management of prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) is SDCWA... considered an industry leader in proactive management of PCCP pipelines." Learn more about how SDCWA's proactive management is a win for ratepayers and reliability.
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Did you feel that quake? San Diego County experienced a 5.2 magnitude earthquake today, according to USGS, and there were multiple aftershocks.
In the case of earthquakes and other natural disasters, the region's water supply and delivery system is well-protected, thanks to the infrastructure investments we have all made.
One of the biggest emergency preparedness efforts, the $1.5B Emergency & Carryover Storage Project, is an interconnected system of pipelines and pumping stations designed to make water available regionally if imported water deliveries are interrupted. The San Vicente Dam Raise is part of that system, and the historic dam is capable of withstanding a 7.5 magnitude earthquake.
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