A shortage of skilled labor and material price escalation are felt in the agency's $92-billion program that includes civil works and military construction, and is "the largest we’ve ever seen,” a top official told a Senate committee.
The project will increase storage capacity of the Folsom Lake Reservoir by 43,000 acre-ft, providing additional flood protection for the greater Sacramento area.
Technology uses the power of water inside pipes to generate a renewable source of energy, with EPA estimates that the country's 50,000 water utilities collectively consume 4% of its energy to convey and treat water.
The two contracts will significantly boost the El Paso's production of water for both drinking and irrigation purposes, helping it meet the demands of the rapidly growing desert city.
New York will receive the largest allocation of the new Clean Water SRF money from the omnibus spending measure, with $83.6 million, with California's $54.2-million allotment ranking second.
Legal action was brought by communities that claimed business and environmental damage when the US Army Corps of Engineers opened the Louisiana spillway for 123 days in 2019.