Disadvantaged Communities Infrastructure Task Force

Mission Statement

The mission of the CVWD Disadvantaged Communities Infrastructure Committee is to secure access to safe affordable drinking water, wastewater and flood control services in historically disadvantaged Coachella Valley regions through strategic planning, funding procurement, needs assessment, and reporting – all in collaboration with community members and stakeholders.

A Disadvantaged Community is defined by the State of California as a community with an annual median household income that is less than 80 percent of the Statewide yearly median household income (Water Code §79505.5 which cross references to Water Code §79505.5).

Issues & Concerns

Eastern Coachella Valley (ECV) community members face failing or at-risk water systems, unreliable sanitation systems, and inadequate fire protection. When systems fail, or the power goes out, families can go without water for days. Ensuring our underserved communities have reliable services continues to be a priority.

Comprehensive Infrastructure Plans and Projects

CVWD and its Disadvantaged Community Infrastructure Task Force partners developed a Domestic Water Supply Master Plan and a Sanitation Master Plan prioritizing consolidation projects to connect failing water and sanitation systems to CVWD. These projects provide these ECV communities with safe and reliable drinking water and dependable sewer service.

Thanks to local, state, and federal partners, CVWD has received over $100 million in grants for clean drinking water and sewer system projects in the Eastern Coachella Valley.

Read the news release. See the project map.

Domestic Water Projects

Avenue 66 Transmission Main/St. Anthony Mobile Home Park Consolidation installed the critical backbone infrastructure needed to consolidate and connect three mobile home parks, including Saint Anthony, Seferino Huerta, and Manuela Garcia, and up to 35 future consolidations/connections. The Avenue 66 Transmission Main will also provide water supply reliability to CVWD’s domestic water system serving the communities of Mecca, North Shore, and Bombay Beach.

Funding sources:

$23 million - State Water Resources Control Board.
$7 million - Department of Water Resources, appropriated through the 2021 Budget Act of Senate Bill 170, supported by former Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia.
$1.2 million - Proposition 1 Round 1 Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) implementation grant, and $165,665 from the Disadvantaged Community Involvement.

Completed May 2025. Read the news release.

Ion Exchange Treatment Plant at Wellsite 7991 will provide additional treated water supply for future affordable housing projects in Mecca.

American Rescue Plan Act Funds Appropriation by Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez – $8.1 million

Valley View Domestic Water Mobile Home Park Project will consolidate 9 mobile home parks near Airport Boulevard.

State Water Resources Control Board – $10.7 million
Congressionally Directed Spending through Community Project Funding by Congressman Raul Ruiz, M.D., and supported by Senator Alex Padilla, and the late Senator Dianne Feinstein – $6.1 million

Dale Kiler Water Main Replacement to improve service and reliability.

U.S. Department of Agriculture – $1.6 million

North Shore Water Main Replacement to improve service and reliability.

U.S. Department of Agriculture – $1.5 million

Reservoir 7101-2 in North Shore will store 1 million gallons of domestic water.

U.S. Department of Agriculture – $1.1 million

Rehabilitation of three booster stations (1 in Mecca, 2 in North Shore).

U.S. Department of Agriculture – $1.6 million

Highway 86 Transmission Main, Phase 2 consolidated and connected Salton Sea Beach, Desert Shores, Salton City, and unincorporated areas of Riverside County and improved reliability for 7,400 residents. (Complete)

State Water Resources Control Board Drinking Water State
Revolving Fund Grant – $5 million

Highway 86 Transmission Main, Phase 3 and 4 Design will replace the transmission main south of Avenue 86 to Salton City.

State Water Resources Control Board – $500,000

Thermal Mutual Project connected 36 residential properties that relied on a 50-year-old failing well. Oasis Gardens Mobile Home Park Project connected approximately 156 mobile homes to CVWD’s domestic water system. (Complete)

State Water Resources Control Board – $2.4 million

Westside Elementary School Project connected the school to CVWD’s domestic water system for improved water quality, reliability and fire flow. (Complete)

State Water Resources Control Board SAFER – $815,290

Sanitation (Sewer) Projects

Oasis Gardens Mobile Home Park Consolidation/Polk Street Sewer Lift Station Upgrade

State Water Resources Control Board Clean Water State Revolving Fund – $2.8 million

Avenue 66 Sewer/Sunbird Mobile Home Park Consolidation

State Water Resources Control Board Clean Water State Revolving Fund – $10 million

Valley View Sewer Mobile Home Park Consolidations Project will include 13 consolidations to CVWD’s wastewater collection and treatment system.

State Water Resources Control Board Clean Water State Revolving Fund – $14.2 million

Mecca Lift Station 55-11

American Rescue Plan Act Funds Appropriation by Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez – $4.1 million

Monroe Street Trunk Sewer Project connected the Torres Martinez Tribal Housing area to CVWD’s wastewater collection and treatment system. (Complete)

U.S. Department of Agriculture – $1.3 million

St. Anthony’s Mobile Home Park Sewer Consolidation Project replaced the failing onsite sewer treatment lagoon system. It connected St. Anthony’s and Huerta Mobile Home Park to CVWD’s wastewater collection and treatment system. (Complete)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Grant and the California Department of Water Resources and assistance from Pueblo Unido CDC – $2.5 million

Disadvantaged Communities Infrastructure Task Force

Mission Statement

Comprehensive Infrastructure Plans and Projects

Thanks to local, state, and federal partners, CVWD has received over $100 million in grants for clean drinking water and sewer system projects in the Eastern Coachella Valley.

Domestic Water Projects

Sanitation (Sewer) Projects

Task Force members include representatives from CVWD and the following:

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