Politics & Government

Thompson to Tour Recycled Water Reservoir

The 2.3 million recycled water reservoir will help offset water demand from the Russian River and groundwater use in the Sonoma Valley.

 

Congressman Mike Thompson will join local officials for a tour of the Sonoma Valley County Sanitation District’s treatment facility and .

The treatment facility provides water for the Napa Sonoma salt marsh recycled water project, a $2.3 million recycled water reservoir that will help offset water demand from the Russian River and groundwater use in the Sonoma Valley.

The reservoir is part of a regional recycled water project that includes one mile of distribution pipelines from the District wastewater treatment plant north to Watmaugh Road.  Combined, the reservoir and pipelines projects total an estimated $6.7 million with $1.68 million funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will create 73 jobs by September 2012.

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Congressman Thompson will join local officials on May 29 for an 11:30 a.m. tour. The group will start at 10:30 a.m. with a 3.5-mile recycled water pipeline project that will help restore more than 640-acres of former salt ponds near the Sonoma-Napa county border. 

It is one of the largest wetlands restoration projects on the West Coast and will utilize up to 1,700 acre-feet per year to dilute the bittern ponds. Restoration of the ponds is expected to take 10 to 15 years.

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The project recently received a $1.8 million grant to help construct the pipeline. This funding is part of a larger $3.8 million grant received by the North Bay Water Reuse Authority from the Interior Department’s Bureau of Reclamation WaterSMART grant program. 


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