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California passes bill to encourage stormwater reuse

Posted by: Maven on October 15, 2009 at 8:13 am

From the Los Angeles Times Greenspace:

“During the wet season, the city of L.A. sends 100 million gallons of stormwater into the Pacific each day. That water had, for many years, been handled as pollution, since the water produced in rainstorms picks up various effluents that then flush into the ocean.

But a new California bill seeks to expand the role of stormwater management to incorporate strategies that will use it as a resource. The Stormwater Resource Planning Act, SB 790, allows municipalities to tap funds from two of the state’s existing bond funds and use the money for projects that reduce or reuse stormwater, recharge the groundwater supply, create green spaces and enhance wildlife habitats. SB 790 was signed into law Sunday and takes effect Jan. 1, 2010.

“I was proud to carry 790,” said Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills), who wrote the bill. “It uses existing funds to create new water supplies out of water that in the past was simply treated and dumped. This bill helps create a significant new source of water for our always water-short state.” …”

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October 15, 2009 · Filed Under Flood Control/Stormwater

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