Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, July 05, 2022
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT PIPELINE ALIGNMENT ALONG SEPULVEDA BOULEVARD FOR ITS PURE WATER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PROJECT (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ("MWD") and the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts ("LACSD") are embarking on Pure Water Southern California, formerly known as the Regional Recycled Water Program, to reuse wastewater currently discharged to the Pacific Ocean.
The Pure Water program would purify treated wastewater from LACSD's Joint Water Pollution Control Plant, located in Carson, for reuse throughout Southern California. Purified water from the program may be used to recharge groundwater basins that are a source of drinking water for industrial purposes, and once regulations are developed for it, could provide another supply of water into MWD's drinking water plants for delivery across the region. The program will produce 150 million gallons of purified water daily, enough for over 500,000 homes.
The Pure Water program includes several new facilities such as a new advanced water purification facility at the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant site and a new large-diameter pipeline, a portion of which would need to be in the public right-of-way in Carson.
MWD has been working for several years on alignment alternatives for the 84-inch pipeline that carries treated water from the LACSD's Joint Plant in the City of Carson. MWD's program is referred to as the Pure Water Southern California Program. Recently, a thorough analysis was completed by MWD and presented to the City which considered alignment alternatives through Carson. The analysis evaluated the pros and cons of each, which included time, disruption to local residents and businesses, and ways to minimize lost revenue. Based on the technical analysis, impacts, pros and cons, as well as schedule, it is recommende...
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