East Valley Water District's North Fork Channel Replacement Project

East Valley Water District's North Fork Channel Replacement Project

EVWD is proposing to replace and reinforce portions of its North Fork irrigation channel, located in the City of Highland in San Bernardino County, CA. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has granted funds for the project under the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP), which has been implemented under a presidential disaster declaration (FEMA-DR-1498-CA), for the southern California wildfires of October 2003. The North Fork irrigation channel is an 8-mile-long gravity-fed channel owned and maintained by EVWD, which was constructed between 1885 and 1888. The channel runs from east to west along the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. The existing channel is located to the north of Greenspot Road, between the Santa Ana River on the east and La Crestia Street on the west. It supplies water to approximately 25,000 city residents and it also provides nearly 4.5 million gallons of irrigated water to agricultural users in the area. During the October 2003 wildfires in southern California, EVWD's North Fork irrigation channel had been subject to damage and contamination, and water supply and service were temporarily affected. EVWD hopes to minimize the threat of property damage and risks to public health and safety in the project vicinity in the future. The purpose of this project is to utilize FEMA's HMGP funding to reduce the long-term risks associated with potential damages to the North Fork irrigation channel from natural hazards.

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San Bernardino

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California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

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Water Facilities Replacement

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