California American Water Begins Construction of Folsom Pump Station

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, helping to protect 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.

“This pumping station will enable us to deliver surface water purchased from the City of Sacramento to our Suburban and Rosemont systems,” said Andy Soulé, California American Water’s Northern Division general manager. “By doing so, we will diversify the area’s water supply, which previously relied upon groundwater as its source. This conjunctive use project will allow is to better manage water supply and reliability in the coming decades.”

The project is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2012. Service interruptions and traffic restrictions are not expected as a result of the project’s construction.

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California American Water, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), provides high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to approximately 600,000 people.

Founded in 1886, American Water is the largest publicly traded U.S. water and wastewater utility company. With headquarters in Voorhees, N.J., the company employs more than 7,000 dedicated professionals who provide drinking water, wastewater and other related services to approximately 15 million people in more than 30 states, as well as parts of Canada. More information can be found by visiting www.amwater.com.

In 2011, American Water is celebrating its 125th anniversary with a yearlong campaign to promote water efficiency and the importance of protecting water from source to tap. To learn more, visit www.amwater125.com.

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