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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or his designee, to submit a grant application to the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy for the planning and design of Long Beach Municipal Urban Stormwater Treatment Recycle Facility; and execute all documents and agreements necessary to apply for grant funds.
(Districts 1,2,6,7,8,9)
DISCUSSION
The RMC program provides funding for projects that involve water sustainability/resiliency; serves disadvantaged communities; preserves, restores enhances and adapts management of coastal wetlands habitat; urban greening along the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers; creation, expansion, and/or improvement to public open space throughout the region by improving water quality supply, and/or restoring an important species and habitat. The RMC has approached the City of Long Beach for projects that meet the above criteria and which could be funded through its grant program. The City of Long Beach has identified the Long Beach Municipal Urban Stormwater Treatment (LB-MUST) project as meeting the requirements of the RMC.
The City has been exploring the potential for constructing a facility similar to the Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility (SMURRF) in Long Beach. SMURRF is a successful state-of-the-art recycling facility that recycles dry weather urban runoff. SMURRF was constructed in December of 2000 and began operating in 2001. The facility uses conventional and advanced treatment systems to remove sediments, oil, grease, and pathogens from non-stormwater runoff, and uses the treated non-stormwater runoff to replace potable water. While the design of the SMURRF was groundbreaking in 2000, it had limitations. Based on the location of the SMURRF, it was not economical to construct multiple treatment trains for every possible end-use. As a result, the SMURRF facility did not meet the reclaimed water requirements under Title 22 of the California Code of...
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