Congressman Salud Carbajal announced the House and Senate have agreed on the biennial U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water project bill called the Water Resources Development Act that this year includes $8 million to build a 2.5-mile pipeline that would connect Los Osos to the State Water Project.
The 12-inch pipeline would connect to the existing pipeline near Morro Bay and would bring Northern California reservoir water to the Central Coast.
Also in the measure, Cal Poly spokesperson Matt Lazier said the college worked with Carbajal to secure authorizing language in the bill to build a turnout and 1.1-mile pipeline to the city of San Luis Obispo’s water treatment facility located at the north end of Cal Poly’s main campus…