Inland Empire Utilities Agency, California, USA – Planned Groundwater Augmentation

The Chino Basin Program is a series of innovative water treatment and storage projects structured to modernise regional water supplies, storage, and delivery systems. Through several water infrastructure improvement projects, the Chino Basin Program will help address imported water supply challenges through the development of new water supplies, by increasing local water supply resiliency and reliability.

The Chino Basin Program will build a state-of-the-art Advanced Water Purification Facility and aquifer replenishing wells that will develop and store 13.3 million gallons (50 million litres) per day of purified water in the Chino Basin. The Program anticipates being operational in 2031. Additionally, the Chino Basin Program will build new conveyance pipelines and develop additional production facilities to maximise recycled water usage in the region.

Once implemented, these projects will address the immediate needs of the region while unlocking the potential for additional storage and water recycling projects in the future. These projects also demonstrate significant benefits for state and local environmental and ecosystem health, through a unique exchange to support pulse flows in the Feather River and improving the habitat for native species in the Santa Ana River.

The Chino Basin Program

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