California American Water's Folsom Pump Station Project

California American Water has begun construction of its Folsom Boulevard pump station, which, when completed, will provide additional surface water supplies to customers in the company water systems in the Rosemont, La Riveria and Rancho Cordova areas.

The new pumping station will enable these systems to receive purchased water from the City of Sacramento. The area currently relies almost solely on local groundwater to supply a population of approximately 56,000. Conjunctive use of surface and groundwater provides environmental and water quality benefits by allowing greater use of surface water supplies during wet months.

It also reduces pumping from local underground aquifers, protecting them from overdraft and the spread of contamination plumes that have been found near Aerojet and Mather Air Force Base. The $3.2-million project will be built at the intersection of South Watt Avenue and Folsom Boulevard. Once completed, it will be able to pump more than 3 million gallons of water per day, which is about 35 percent of area's average daily use.

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• Folsom
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• conjuctive use
• water utility
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• Sacramento
• Rosemont
• Aerojet
• Rancho Cordova