South Orange County Interconnect Project

South Orange County Interconnect Project

The IRWD South Orange County (SOC) Interconnect Project would convey excess supply within IRWD's water system to SOC water agencies in the event of a planned or emergency outage of imported water supplies. No new water supply would need to be developed in order to implement this project. The proposed project consists of construction of a permanent pump facility at IRWD's Zone 1 Reservoir in the City of Irvine; modifications to IRWD's Zone 3-4 Booster Pump Station located in the City of Irvine along with piping modifications in the cities of Irvine and Lake Forest; and construction of approximately 7,400 linear feet of interconnect pipeline within the cities of Irvine and Lake Forest to the South County Pump Station located in Lake Forest.

Irvine

Orange

California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT)

Other (New pump station, mod. to existing pump station, interconnect pi)

Interconnection of IRWD Water Sys. to S. Orange Co. Water Sys.

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