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Water recycling project advances: Pipeline to irrigate parks, private lawns

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 7, 2008 at 7:15 am

From the Whittier Daily News:

Thousands of acres of parks and golf courses across the San Gabriel Valley rely on expensive and precious drinking water for irrigation.

But officials at the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District, headquartered in El Monte, are trying to change that by installing pipelines that will bring recycled water to public and private lawns. “This project is significant at several levels,” said Assemblyman Mike Eng, D-El Monte. “It will save energy, it will free up drinking water so we don’t have to import it, and … it will build on the public’s acceptance of recycled water.”

The third phase of a nearly $45million recycled water project that will bring water from bathrooms to local parks, cemeteries, schools and golf courses broke ground last month in Whittier Narrows. In total, there are four phases that extend from Whittier to Walnut, and rely on a combination of agencies for funding and planning, such as the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, the Rowland Water District and the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts.

Upper San Gabriel water district, which has taken the lead on these projects, buys imported water and sells it to five cities and four water agencies throughout the San Gabriel Valley. The $9 million third phase will bring a mile-long pipeline from South El Monte through Rosemead, and will deliver recycled water to Norman’s Nursery, four schools, Whittier Narrows Golf Course and to Zapopan Park.

“These kinds of projects will save our water supply,” said Upper San Gabriel water board President Leon Garcia. “We don’t want to use our (drinking) water to irrigate.”

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July 7, 2008 · Filed Under Recycled Water

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