Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California State Legislature have given the Pure Water Southern California large-scale recycled water project a potential boost by approving measures designed to quickly resolve any legal challenges to its environmental review. Metropolitan Water District and Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts are jointly planning the Carson-based project, which would purify and reuse cleaned wastewater currently discharged to the ocean. … Gov. Newsom and the State Legislature last week certified the project under SB 149, the California Environmental Quality Act judicial streamlining process.

Other environmental permitting news:

• The Sacramento Bee (Calif.): CEQA cleanup bill withdrawn, delaying fix to industrial exemptions