In an effort to store additional water for great periods of time, Foothill MWD has partnered with MWD on a Conjuctive Use Program. The idea is to utilize the local ground water basins as additional water reservoirs. By injecting the water down existing wells, the task of recovering the stored water is simplified.
This long term storage will allow the District to ease off of it's MWD supply in future droughts and shortages.
The project adds additional pumping capacity to Foothill MWD's Arroyo Pumping Plant and injection lines to existing wells.
Although not implemented soon enough to do much in the current water supply crisis, this program will assure that those we serve are better prepared in the future.