Price tag for better tasting water in the South Bay just increased by $50 million View Larger Image The Mercury News » The project will boost the facility’s output from 80 million to 100 million gallons of drinking water a day. The 43-acre Rinconada Water Treatment Plant opened in 1967; the modernization addresses more stringent infrastructure, seismic stability and water quality standards than were in place then. Michelle2018-05-24T14:39:44-08:00May 21st, 2018|California, Drinking Water| Share This Story, Choose Your Platform! FacebookTwitterEmail Related Posts Flint Receives $77 Million to Fund Water Infrastructure Improvements April 18th, 2019 ‘A fiasco from the beginning’ — Caltrans’ costs soar on $1.1 billion San Francisco tunnels April 10th, 2019 The Boring Company: What 8 Cities Really Think of Elon Musk’s Tunnel Vision March 26th, 2019 Sea level rise could threaten California cities and ports by 2040 March 21st, 2019 Can America Still Build Big? A California Rail Project Raises Doubts February 25th, 2019 How can California capture more water? Competing interests will have to compromise February 25th, 2019 DWR doesn’t expect to use Oroville Dam spillway anytime soon — but it’s preparing if necessary February 22nd, 2019 UC San Diego’s earthquake simulator will soon give truer sense of deadly temblors October 13th, 2018 WATCH: Big rig driver tries to navigate steep curve, goes over embankment instead October 13th, 2018