More than 100 residents in the tiny unincorporated town of West Goshen can weather the summer months knowing that by the end of it, the water flowing through their faucets will be safe for drinking, cooking and bathing thanks to a new connection to California Water Service. Residents along with local and state officials marked that monumental step at a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday evening in West Goshen, west of Visalia and Highway 99 in Tulare County. … California Water Service provides water to Visalia residents. It was able to connect West Goshen through an emergency consolidation project. West Goshen residents had relied for years on bottled water after they discovered groundwater from private wells was laced with uranium, nitrates and other contaminants. The 60-day connection project will require a crew of eight to lay more than 8,000 feet of pipe. 

Other local water infrastructure news:

• KSEE/KGPE (Fresno, Calif.): ‘It means everything’: Tulare County community finally able to drink their water
• Marin Independent Journal (San Rafael, Calif.): Marin Municipal Water District allots $1.25M for pipeline environmental review
• The Daily Republic (Fairfield, Calif.): County Planning Commission approves Cache Slough mitigation bank