The Department of the Interior today announced tl1e award of a $120, 528.52 contract for the construction of irrigation and drainage facilities on the Cabazon Indian Reservation in Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California.
The contract covers the installation of 19,684 feet of irrigation pipe and related control structures as well as 12,953 feet of main drainage lines. This work is designed to provide for the irrigation and drainage of Indian lands within the Coachella Valley County Water District under terms of a 1958 agreement between the District and the Department of the Interior. The Cabazon Reservation has about 1,890 acres of Indian land to be benefited by the irrigation waters from the All-American Canal which flows through the District.
After construction, the works will be operated and maintained by the District. The successful low bidder has the Kimbo Company of Coachella, California. One higher bid of $122,079.33 was received.
