"It's a major step forward for the city," said Jesus Gonzalez, the DWP's manager of water resources. Through this project, he said, the city will start using recycled water as a "new source of sustainable, drought-proof drinking water supply."
The initiative, called the L.A. Groundwater Replenishment Project, was approved last month by the city's Board of Water and Power Commissioners. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass and other city officials have called it a key piece of their efforts to invest in local water supplies and reduce reliance on imported supplies that are growing less reliable with climate change.
The city plans to break ground next month to start construction of new facilities at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys. When completed, the facilities will purify treated wastewater and produce 20 million gallons of drinking water per day, enough to supply about 250,000 people.
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