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The Facilities Management department houses more than half of the District’s employees and is responsible for wide-ranging services — from engineering and rights-of-way to the planning, design, contracting, construction and maintenance of all EID construction projects. The department is also responsible for instrumentation and control at EID water and wastewater treatment plants. All of our water, wastewater and recycled water systems, as well as our hydropower project, operate through this department. Employees are well trained in technologies for meeting water, wastewater and recycled water quality standards, and they work to ensure that operations are both cost effective and safe. |
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EID’s Facilities Management employees
are on call 24/7 all year long. Often working under hazardous conditions,
their job is to ensure that service to EID customers is reliable and interrupted
for as short a time as possible when unexpected events occur.
In the photo at left, an EID crew makes repairs on the Moosehall line.
It burst when a firefighter’s backhoe accidentally damaged it
during fire suppression efforts along Highway 50 in July 2004. Water
shot nearly 100 feet in the air, arcing toward an overhead power line.
Affected customers were without water for only a few hours as our team
quickly reduced pressure and replaced the broken section of this 24-inch-wide
pipe.
Project 184
The department’s hydroelectric division oversees ongoing operation
and restoration of EID’s hydropower Project 184. This project delivers
clean, renewable, water-based energy and has far-reaching benefits for
our customers and the state of California. It is a model for reducing
the reliance on costly, nonrenewable energy resources such as oil. EID
receives revenue from the sale of generated power and also “green” payments
from the state for Project 184’s clean energy. > Project 184 website
In 2006, EID received a 40-year operating license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for Project 184. The District is in the process of meeting maintenance, improvement, operation, recreation, and environmental requirements related to the license.
El Dorado Irrigation District
Sly
Park Recreation Area 
