San Diego's First Aqueduct to close down for yearly inspections and upkeep of water pipelines

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Parts of San Diego’s First Aqueduct will shut down this week for yearly inspections and upkeep of water provide pipelines for the area, the San Diego County Water Authority introduced this week.

The San Diego County Water Authority’s historic First Aqueduct delivers handled and untreated water from simply south of the Riverside County/San Diego County border to the San Vicente Reservoir close to Lakeside, transporting as much as 120 million gallons of water per day to the San Diego area.

Parts of the San Diego County Water Authority’s historic First Aqueduct are scheduled to close down from Feb. 25 to March 5 because the Water Authority works to take care of a secure and dependable water provide for San Diegans.

Funded by means of water payments, work will concentrate on the southern portion of the First Aqueduct, and can isolate sections of the pipeline, that are greater than 65 years previous, as a part of a serious pipeline construction rehabilitation undertaking that can be carried out over the following 12 months.

The Water Authority says residents within the Metropolis of Poway, Metropolis of San Diego, Helix Water District and Ramona Municipal Water District ought to contact their native water supplier for questions on any impacts from this shut down.

Nonetheless, the Water Authority says it’s working with member companies to attenuate impacts to residents and companies.

Each pipelines within the aqueduct have been constructed by the federal authorities after World Conflict II — Pipeline 1 was constructed within the Nineteen Forties; pipeline 2 was constructed within the Nineteen Fifties.

On November 28, 1947, the primary Colorado River water flowed south from Riverside County alongside 71 miles into the Metropolis of San Diego’s San Vicente Reservoir by means of the First Aqueduct.

The Water Authority says this shutdown occurs yearly, a part of the Water Authority’s Asset Administration Program. 

308 miles of pipelines, which give handled and untreated water to 23 member companies throughout San Diego County, are always assessed and inspected and are repaired and changed when wanted, in keeping with the company.

The Water Authority says it investments within the newest inspection applied sciences like electromagnetic scanning, robotic inspections and 3-D tunnel inspections goal to detect defects in pipelines earlier than they change into a pricey concern.