{"id":87845,"date":"2024-12-05T23:44:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T23:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/jurupa-community-services-district-honored-for-innovative-heli-hydrant\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T23:44:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T23:44:06","slug":"jurupa-community-services-district-honored-for-innovative-heli-hydrant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/jurupa-community-services-district-honored-for-innovative-heli-hydrant\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurupa Community Services District Honored for Innovative Heli-Hydrant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PALM DESERT, Calif., Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) today presented its third annual Excellence in Innovation Award to Jurupa Community Services District (JCSD) for its Heli-Hydrant Project.<\/p>\n

JCSD\u2019s Heli-Hydrant is the first of its kind in the Inland Empire and strategically located in a fire-prone area. It consists of a 15-foot-wide, nearly 10,000-gallon capacity tank that allows firefighting helicopters to quickly fill onboard tanks with water to fight nearby wildfires.<\/p>\n

\u201cProjects like these are so important in addressing climate change impacts, including record-breaking wildfires,\u201d said ACWA President Cathy Green. \u201cThe successful and innovative approach to creating a means to significantly reduce response time when fighting a fire is crucial when it comes to successful containment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to the construction of the Heli-Hydrant, CalFire had to fly about 20 miles south of the area to Lake Mathews to refill their helicopters, increasing fire response time upwards of an hour during emergencies. JCSD\u2019s Heli-Hydrant is located northwest of the city of Riverside and creates a centralized filing area for Jurupa Valley and Eastvale and the neighboring cities of San Bernardino, Rancho Cucamonga, Ontario and Fontana.<\/p>\n

ACWA\u2019s Excellence in Innovation Award recognizes outstanding innovations by public water agencies. The award, sponsored by CDM Smith, was presented during ACWA\u2019s 2024 Fall Conference & Expo in Palm Desert, where more than 1,600 leaders from local water agencies in California gathered for programs and panel discussions on a variety of key water issues.<\/p>\n

The other finalists for this year\u2019s award were:<\/p>\n