Quick Facts
Quick Facts
Clean Water Solutions
Cadiz, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDZI/CDZIP) is a water solutions provider dedicated to delivering clean, reliable, and affordable water for people through a holistic set of water supply, storage, conveyance and treatment solutions. Our focus is on improving human access to clean water through partnerships that leverage our unique combination of land, water, infrastructure and technology assets, cutting-edge innovation, and industry-leading standards for environmental stewardship.
Supply: 50,000 acre-feet per year sustainable, reliable and affordable new water supply
Storage: 1 million acre-feet underground storage capacity. Largest new groundwater bank in Southern California
Land: 45,000 acres of land with water rights, leased to renewable energy
Conveyance: 300+ Miles of Pipeline infrastructure to connect new supply and Colorado River and State Water Project systems
Treatment: Cost-effective and versatile water filtration technology that removes common groundwater contaminants (PFAS, Arsenic, Iron, C6)
Mojave Ground Water Bank
- Public–private partnership to make available regional storage and supply for underserved communities in the Southwest.
- Located at base of 2,000 sq. mile watershed in the eastern Mojave Desert (San Bernardino Co, California) located between major water infrastructure systems serving Southwestern U.S. population centers.
- 30-50 Million acre-feet of groundwater in storage in the aquifer system today.
- Natural recharge to aquifer = over 30 thousand AF/year from precipitation in surrounding mountains.
- Closed basin – All water exits the aquifer through evaporation at desert dry lakes.
- Approved to supply 2.5 million acre-feet over 50 years for beneficial uses to surrounding communities; carry-over and imported storage for up to 1 million acre-feet.
- 2 conveyance pipelines for access: (1) Northern Pipeline – 220 miles of existing pipeline previously built for oil/gas that will be converted to transport water and provide connection to State Water Project system (2) Southern Pipeline – 43-mile railroad ROW to co-locate new pipelines connecting to the Colorado River Aqueduct.
- Estimated Capital Cost of Construction $800M.
- New company with Native American Tribes and Private Equity Investors formed to own facilities and finance – First major water infrastructure project in the U.S. to be majority-owned by Native American Tribes.
- Project schedule: *2025 – Begin Construction; *2026 – Initial water delivery NPL; *2027 – Fully operational
