DATE: June 23, 2008 9:02:21 AM PDT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 23, 2008
LADWP ANNOUNCES 'PURPLE PIPE' EXPANSION
TO VALLEY POWER PLANT
TO VALLEY POWER PLANT
Recycled Water Citywide Replaces More than 2 Billion Gallons
of Drinking Water--Enough to Serve 14,400 Homes
of Drinking Water--Enough to Serve 14,400 Homes
WHAT:
Press conference to announce that LADWP will begin delivering recycled water to the Valley Generation Station for cooling purposes as well as to irrigate two more golf courses in Sepulveda Basin, bringing the total city use of recycled water to 7,200 acre-feet per year for industrial and irrigation uses. This saves more than 2 billion gallons of drinking water--enough to serve about 14,400 homes in Los Angeles for a year.
WHO: Los Angeles City Councilmember Wendy Greuel
Los Angeles City Councilmember Tony Cardenas
LADWP CEO and General Manager David Nahai
John Mukri, General Manager, LA City Recreation and Parks
John Mukri, General Manager, LA City Recreation and Parks
WHEN: Monday, June 23, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
WHERE: Valley Generating Station, 11801 Sheldon Street, Sun Valley, CA 91352
NOTE: Directional signs will be posted to Hansen Tank, located NW of the generating station.
VISUALS:
Conference will be held in front of the $12 million, seven-million gallon recycled water tank with sizable purple pipe apparatus in foreground. Media has the option after the remarks to tour the adjacent cooling towers that very visibly show gallons of recycled water pouring into the forebay. The cooling tower uses 684 million gallons a year.
BACKGROUND:
This expansion if the LADWP's purple pipe system (pipes that carry recycled water are painted purple to differentiate them from pipes supplying potable or drinking water) is part of the Mayor's 20-year "Securing L.A.'s Water Supply" Plan to meet all new demand for water through either conservation or recycled water. The need to develop sustainable water resources is critical given the drought conditions declared throughout California, uncertain future snow and rainfall levels, and environmental commitments that limit availability of importing water from traditional sources in Northern California and the Eastern Sierra and Owens Valley. Recycled water is wastewater treated to a high degree to meet regulatory water quality standards through removal of solids, filtration and disinfection. The recycled water is treated at Donald C. Tillman Reclamation Plant and pumps it to the Balboa Pump Station on site where it then travels 10.2 miles through a dedicated purple pipe to Valley Generating Station.
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