Water treatment plant on track to be running by next summer
A project three decades in the making is nearly complete and is scheduled to deliver a reliable source of drinking water to Turlock residents by next year. The Regional Surface Water Supply Project was formed in 2011 as the Cities of Turlock and Ceres, in cooperation with Turlock Irrigation District, to start the process of building a plant to deliver treated Tuolumne River water to residents. The City of Turlock has been working for 30 years to secure this alternate drinking source, as its current drinking water supply is 100% groundwater — and dwindling.