NEWS WORTH NOTING: Cadiz issues statement on AB 1000; DWR’s State Fair exhibits inspire water conservation, rain or shine; Metropolitan Board awards $13.9M contract to construct recycled water demonstration facility.
AB 1000 has attracted broad opposition not only because of its targeted attack on greater water supply reliability for Southern California, but also because of the dangerous precedent it creates for all projects reviewed and approved under CEQA.
In the short time allowed by the Committee following AB 1000’s holiday introduction, more than 40 local, state and national organizations came out in opposition to the bill, including: State Building Trades & Construction Council of California Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Southern California Water Committee Three Valleys Municipal Water District Twentynine Palms Water District Santa Margarita Water District Southern California Partnership for Jobs Southern California Association of Governments American Groundwater Trust California Chamber of Commerce Inland Empire Economic Partnership Imperial County Farm Bureau Engineering Contractors Association San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership California Business Properties Association International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 12 Building Industry Association of Southern California BIZFED – Los Angeles County Business Federation Orange County Business Council To view a selection of letters filed in opposition to AB1000, click here.
After a record winter of rain, many people are asking if water conservation is still important.
DWR’s “Water Conservation: Rain or Shine” exhibit features: Step-by-step instructions on how to remove one’s lawn and replace it with water-wise or edible landscaping; Information about how to access up to $2,000 in rebates for a lawn replacement project; Demonstration gardens of water-wise plants and flowers that attract pollinators and beneficial insects; Brochure identifying more than 50 water-wise plants and flowers featured in the exhibit; Information on maintaining the health of our valuable trees; Activities for kids and adults alike, including a water-wise garden quiz to earn poppy seeds.
Metropolitan Board awards $13.9 million contract to construct recycled water demonstration facility Plant will generate information needed for potential large-scale regional recycled water program From the Metropolitan Water District: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has taken a significant step toward the potential development of what would be one of the world’s largest water recycling programs.
The district’s Board of Directors voted Tuesday (July 11) to award a $13.9 million contract for the construction of an advanced water treatment demonstration facility that will take treated wastewater and purify it through various advanced processes to produce a safe, high-quality water source to replenish the region’s groundwater basins.
The 500,000-gallon-per-day demonstration facility will be operated for at least one year to generate information needed for the potential construction of a full-scale recycled water plant that has been proposed by Metropolitan and the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County.
Recycled water would provide us a reliable, drought-proof, climate-resilient, local supply to recharge groundwater basins and supply the needs of the region’s growing economy, even in dry years.” Through the Regional Recycled Water Program, Metropolitan would take wastewater treated at the Sanitation Districts’ Joint Water Pollution Control Plant in Carson—water that is currently treated and discharged into the ocean—and purify it using reverse osmosis and other processes.
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