Friday Top of the Scroll: L.A. plans to recycle enough water to meet the needs of 500,000 people
In a plan that will reverberate more than 300 miles north at Mono Lake, Los Angeles city leaders have decided to nearly double the wastewater that will be transformed into drinking water at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys. Instead of treating 25 million gallons per day as originally planned, the L.A. Board of Water and Power Commissioners voted to purify 45 million gallons, enough water for 500,000 people. Board President Richard Katz said this will enable the city to stop taking water from Sierra streams that feed Mono Lake …. He added one caveat: L.A. doesn’t plan to relinquish its rights to water around Mono Lake and still may need that water during a severe drought or other emergency.
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