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SUTTER CREEK, CA - The Amador Water Agency
was congratulated on 60 years of service to Amador County by the Amador County
Board of Supervisors at the Supervisors’ July 9 Board meeting.
At
the Supervisors’ meeting, AWA General Manager Gene Mancebo presented a slide
show with highlights of AWA accomplishments dating from the Water Agency’s
founding as a special district in 1959.
At the conclusion of the slide show, the Supervisors
approved a resolution commending the Agency’s contribution to quality of
life in Amador County, including:
- Construction
of the upcountry’s Central Amador Water Project (or CAWP) when wells stopped producing during a drought in
the 1970s;
- Ending a 20-year moratorium on new hook-ups in Plymouth with completion of the Plymouth Pipeline;
- Making great strides in water conservation by construction of the Amador Transmission Pipeline and three recycling plants;
- Reducing carbon emissions and energy costs by completing the Gravity Supply Line and generating hydroelectric power;
- Collaborating with Amador County Fire Protection Agencies to improve reliability and fire flows in order to protect communities throughout the county;
- Successfully securing millions of dollars of state and federal grant funds allowing the Agency to make major infrastructure improvements and replacements at little or no cost to Amador County ratepayers.
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