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Brian Roney: Recycled water plan is another boondoggle

Posted by: Maven on March 16, 2010 at 4:39 am

From the Santa Clarita Signal:

“The Castaic Lake Water Agency implemented a plan in 2002 to develop a recycled water program. This $70 million system was designed to treat water from the Valencia Water Reclamation Plant, located on The Old Road, and provide it for primarily landscaping needs throughout the valley.

While the program is admirable from a best-management-practices approach, the projected use and expense of this program is a violation of the public trust.

There are two major problems with this program — no one is buying the water, and the cost is being by supported by existing water users.

The CLWA board members seem to have buried their collective heads in the sand as they have ignored repeated reports from their own paid experts that the program is not sustainable nor financially viable. … “

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March 16, 2010 · Filed Under Recycled Water

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