May 4, 2018   SOURCE: BusinessWire

California American Water Shares Aquifer Storage and Recovery Results for the 2017 Water Year

As the rainy season comes to an end, California American Water Operations Director Eric Sabolsice shared the results of California American Water’s Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) program for 2017/2018 water year. “Seasonal rains came later this year, primarily in March and April,” he said. “During those months, we injected a total of 530 acre-feet which is similar to the historical average, excluding last year’s record-setting injection total of 2,345 acre-feet.”

ASR is a joint program between California American Water and the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District that captures excess Carmel River winter flows and stores that water in the Seaside Groundwater Basin for use in the dry summer months. “Our Carmel Valley wells, storage tanks, and distribution network once again provided reliable service and allowed us to maximize the amount of water stored when it was available. As of today, when you combine this year’s effort with what remains from last winter, we have 1,679 acre feet, or 547 million gallons, in the ground for recovery this summer,” explained Sabolsice.

Also during this water year, California American Water was able to relocate 26 adult steelhead trout that migrated to the company’s Los Padres dam fish ladder to spawn. “The number of fish arriving at Los Padres dam in 2018 far exceeds that seen over the past several years and provides evidence that our mitigation efforts, including the removal of San Clemente dam in 2015 and significant rainfall last season are helping this threatened species recover.”

California American Water, a subsidiary of American Water (NYSE: AWK), provides high-quality and reliable water and/or wastewater services to more than 660,000 people.

With a history dating back to 1886, American Water is the largest and most geographically diverse U.S. publicly-traded water and wastewater utility company. The company employs more than 6,700 dedicated professionals who provide regulated and market-based drinking water, wastewater and other related services to an estimated 15 million people in 47 states and Ontario, Canada. More information can be found by visiting www.amwater.com.