SD County Water Authority completes First Aqueduct project in North County

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The San Diego County Water Authority has completed a major rehabilitation project on the historic First Aqueduct in North San

Diego County, it was announced Thursday.

The project renovated and replaced dozens of structures on two large-diameter pipelines which delivered the first imported water to the San Diego region in 1947 and remains a part of the regional water delivery system. The construction contract for the project was worth approximately $30 million.

"The First Aqueduct delivered imported water to our region for the first time more than 70 years ago, and it remains...