California American Water Shares Aquifer Storage and Recovery Results for the 2017 Water Year
May 04 2018 - 12:44PM
Business Wire
As the rainy season comes to an end, California American Water
Operations Director Eric Sabolsice shared the results of California
American Water’s Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) program for
2017/2018 water year. “Seasonal rains came later this year,
primarily in March and April,” he said. “During those months, we
injected a total of 530 acre-feet which is similar to the
historical average, excluding last year’s record-setting injection
total of 2,345 acre-feet.”
ASR is a joint program between California American Water and the
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District that captures excess
Carmel River winter flows and stores that water in the Seaside
Groundwater Basin for use in the dry summer months. “Our Carmel
Valley wells, storage tanks, and distribution network once again
provided reliable service and allowed us to maximize the amount of
water stored when it was available. As of today, when you combine
this year’s effort with what remains from last winter, we have
1,679 acre feet, or 547 million gallons, in the ground for recovery
this summer,” explained Sabolsice.
Also during this water year, California American Water was able
to relocate 26 adult steelhead trout that migrated to the company’s
Los Padres dam fish ladder to spawn. “The number of fish arriving
at Los Padres dam in 2018 far exceeds that seen over the past
several years and provides evidence that our mitigation efforts,
including the removal of San Clemente dam in 2015 and significant
rainfall last season are helping this threatened species
recover.”
California American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE:
AWK), provides high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater
services to more than 660,000 people.
With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the
largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly-traded water
and wastewater utility company. The company employs more than 6,700
dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based
drinking water, wastewater and other related services to an
estimated 15 million people in 47 states and Ontario, Canada. More
information can be found by visiting www.amwater.com.
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California American WaterCatherine Stedman, 831-646-3208Mobile:
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