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Recommendation to receive and file a presentation on the Pure Water Southern California Project, the project’s pipeline alignment, and benefits. (Districts 8,9)
DISCUSSION
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Metropolitan) and the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD) are developing Pure Water Southern California, formerly known as the Regional Recycled Water Program (Program), to purify and reuse wastewater currently discharged to the Pacific Ocean. Due to drought impacts of climate change, the Program aims to enhance the region’s water reliability for future generations and reduce the reliance upon imported water. This new water supply resource will be used for indirect potable reuse through groundwater augmentation, replenishing local aquifers and sustaining regional groundwater supplies.
At a new advanced water purification facility located in the City of Carson, the Program would further purify treated wastewater from LACSD’s Joint Water Pollution Control Plant for reuse throughout Southern California. The Program is anticipated to produce up to 150 million gallons of purified water daily to serve approximately 500,000 homes in the Greater Los Angeles Region, recharge groundwater basins such as the Santa Fe Spreading Grounds, serve industries, and supply Metropolitan’s water treatment plants.
The Program’s backbone conveyance system would consist of approximately 42 miles of 84-inch diameter pipeline, several pump stations, and appurtenant facilities to convey purified water from the new Advanced Water Purification Facility in Carson to as far north as the City of Azusa for groundwater replenishment. Approximately 3.8 miles of pipeline would traverse through the City of Long Beach (City), starting from Del Amo Boulevard and the 710 Freeway. The pipe would travel eastward along Del Amo Boulevard to Paramount Boulevard, northerly along Paramount Boulevard, and easterly along South Street. A portion will traverse into t...
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