… Both the city and state are upgrading their respective [water] systems. The state is undertaking a high-mountain project to reconstruct the Comstock-era dam at Marlette Lake, which FEMA found could fail in a 6.5 earthquake or larger. Estimated to cost more than $23 million, with $10 million in FEMA grant funding, that project is expected to be completed by autumn 2026. Meanwhile, the city is upgrading the Quill plant off Kings Canyon Road to increase treatment of surface water from the Marlette system and nearby creeks to 4 million gallons a day.