CIP
Capital Improvements Projects

What are Capital Improvement Projects

Capital Improvement Projects are key infrastructure such as water pipelines, pump stations, wells, reservoirs and sewer lines. These key infrastructures help provide our customers with a safe water supply and dependable waste management.

The City Alhambra

The City of Alhambra Utilities Department serves more than 85 thousand people in a service area of little more than 7 square miles. In addition the water department maintains over 300 miles of pipelines, 7 Sewer Lift stations 8 reservoirs, and 12 Well and pump stations.

Why Capital Improvements Projects?

By the turn of the new millennia, many parts of the City's existing water infrastructure had begun to show signs of wear and tear. Many of the existing Utilities infrastructure cannot keep pace of increasing demands due to population increases and business growth. Along with new guidelines from the state and federal governments, that required significant upgrades to treat and deliver water. In 1999, The Alhambra Utilities Department began a Engineering study to determine the most necessary improvements that the city needed to do, to continue its top notch water delivery system. Through strict local government oversight, the Utilities department have developed a strategic plan for the water supply - a blueprint for insuring City's ability to reliably treat and deliver clean and safe water to homes and businesses. The study resulted in a strategic plan outlining a multi-million dollar Capital Improvements Projects (CIP) to address critical water infrastructure needing improvement and or upgrade:

• Upgrades and expansion of water treatment plants
  
  
• Replacement and rehabilitation of aging and broken pipelines
  
  
• Construction of new and upgrade of existing pump stations
  
  
• Improvements or replacement of storage tanks and reservoirs

The City of Alhambra Utilities Department

The Alhambra Utilities Departments/Water/Sewer/ & Capital Improvement Division is committed to creating a safe and reliable source of water through it's current and upcoming state-of-the-art treatment and distribution systems, and giving the public the best service at the lowest possible cost to our customers.