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1 City of Los Angeles Green Blue City One Water Vision of a Sustainable Water Cycle April 1, 2015 Adel Hagekhalil, P.E., Shahram Kharaghani1, P.E., Wing Tam 1, P.E., Richard Haimann 2, P.E.; Ken Susilo, P.E. 3 1 City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Sanitation; 2 HDR; 3 Geosyntec

2 Authors Adel Hagekhalil, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation Shahram Kharaghani, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation Wing Tam, City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation Richard Haimann, HDR Ken Susilo, Geosyntec

3 Agenda Water Supply Pollution One Water

4 City of LA Water Supply 5 Year Average Recycled 1% Groundwater 11% Metropolitan Water District (State Water Project & Colorado River) 52% LA Aqueduct (Owens Valley) 36% 3/19/2015 4

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7 Ground Sylmar Basin Water San Fernando Basin Verdugo Basin Eagle Rock Basin Hollywood Basin Santa Monica Basin Central Basin Los Angeles City Limits West Coast Basin 3/19/2015 7

8 Recycling Wastewater 3/19/2015 8

9 Recycled Water Expansion 3/19/2015 9

10 Indirect Potable Reuse 3/19/

11 Conservation 3/19/

12 Storm Water Capture Table 2-1: Spreading Basins Area (acres) LADWP/LACDPW Spreading Grounds Recharge Capacity (cfs) Recharge Capacity (AFY) Source Water Owner Hansen ,000 Runoff LACDPW Pacoima ,000 Runoff LACDPW Lopez ,000 Runoff LACDPW Branford 7 1 1,000 Runoff LACDPW Tujunga ,000 Runoff LADWP Total ,000 Runoff -- 3/19/

13 Historic Storm Water Capture 3/19/

14 Future Storm Water Capture 3/19/

15 Pollution Watersheds of Los Angeles City Limits LA River Watershed Los Angeles and Their Impairments Ballona Creek Watershed Santa Monica Bay Watershed Dominguez Channel Watershed 3/19/

16 TMDLs # Receiving Water Imp. Pollutant listings (2010) TMDLs Adopted or Approved by EPA (2012) Aliso Canyon Wash Copper, Fecal Coliform, Selenium, DDT 3 (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) Selenium: 12/22/2005 Arroyo Seco Reach 1 (LA River to West Holly Ave.) Benthic-Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, 3 Coliform Bacteria, Trash, Coliform Bacteria Trash: 7/24/2008 Arroyo Seco Reach 2 (West Holly Ave to Devils Gate Dam) 2 Coliform Bacteria, Trash, Indicator Bacteria Trash: 7/24/2008 Coliform Bacteria: 3/26/2007, Copper, Cadmium (sediment), Coliform Bacteria, Dissolved: 12/22/2005, Lead: 12/22/2005, Copper, Dissolved, Cyanide, Lead, Selenium, Selenium: 12/22/2005, Toxicity: 1/1/2005, Toxicity, Trash, Viruses (enteric), Zinc, Trash: 1/1/2001, Viruses (enteric): 3/26/2007, Ballona Creek 10 Cadmium Cadmium, Chlordane (tissue & sediment), Coliform Bacteria, Copper, DDT (tissue & Zinc: 12/22/2005, Cadmium: 12/22/2005 Cadmium: 12/22/2005, Chlordane (tissue & sediment): 12/22/2005, Coliform Bacteria: 1/1/2007, Copper: 12/22/2005, DDT (tissue & sediment): 12/22/2005, Lead (sediment): sediment), Lead (sediment), PAHs (Polycyclic 12/22/2005, PAHs (Polycyclic Aromatic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) (sediment), PCBs Hydrocarbons) (sediment): 12/22/2005, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (tissue & (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (tissue & sediment), Sediment Toxicity, Shellfish sediment): 12/22/2005, Sediment Toxicity: Ballona Creek Estuary Harvesting Advisory, Silver, Zinc (sediment), 12 Exotic Vegetation 12/22/2005, Silver: 12/22/2005, Zinc (sediment): 12/22/2005 3/19/2015 Totals

17 TMDLs # Receiving Water Imp. Pollutant listings (2010) TMDLs Adopted or Approved by EPA (2012) Exotic Vegetation, Habitat alterations, Ballona Creek Wetlands Hydromodification, Reduced Tidal Flushing, 5 Trash, Coliform Bacteria Trash: 1/1/2019 Bell Creek 1 Coliform Bacteria, Coliform Bacteria Coliform Bacteria: 6/19/2003 Bull Creek 1 Indicator Bacteria, Copper Copper: 12/22/2005 Burbank Western Channel Copper, Cyanide, Indicator Bacteria, Lead, Selenium, Trash, DDT 6 (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) Copper: 12/22/2005, Lead: 12/22/2005, Trash: 7/24/2008 Cabrillo Beach (Outer) DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), Indicator Bacteria, PCBs (Polychlorinated 3 biphenyls), Chlordane (tissue) Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003, Chlordane (tissue): 1/1/2005 Castlerock Beach DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), Indicator Bacteria, PCBs (Polychlorinated 3 biphenyls), Indicator Bacteria Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003, Indicator Bacteria: 12/8/2008 Compton Creek Benthic-Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments, Coliform Bacteria, Copper, Lead, Trash, ph, 6 Ammonia Copper: 12/22/2005, Lead: 12/22/2005, Trash: 7/24/2008, ph: 3/18/2004 Dockweiler Beach 1 Indicator Bacteria, Ammonia Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003 Dominguez Channel (lined portion above Vermont Ave) 7 Ammonia, Copper, Diazinon, Indicator Bacteria, Lead, Toxicity, Zinc, Ammonia Copper: 3/23/2012, Diazinon: 3/23/2012, Lead: 3/23/2012, Toxicity: 3/23/2012, Zinc: 3/23/2012 Totals /19/

18 TMDLs Receiving Water # Imp. Pollutant listings (2010) TMDLs Adopted or Approved by EPA (2012) Ammonia, Benthic Community Effects, Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene -7-d), Benzo[a]anthracene, Chlordane (tissue), Dominguez Chrysene (C1-C4), Coliform Bacteria, DDT Channel Estuary (tissue & sediment), Dieldrin (tissue), Lead (unlined portion (tissue), PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls), below Vermont Phenanthrene, Pyrene, Sediment Toxicity, Ave) 15 Zinc (sediment), Fecal Coliform Algae, Ammonia, Copper, Eutrophic, Lead, Odor, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) Echo Park Lake 9 (tissue), Trash, ph, Algae Benthic Community Effects: 3/23/2012, Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene -7-d): 3/23/2012, Benzo[a]anthracene: 3/23/2012, Chlordane (tissue): 3/23/2012, Chrysene (C1- C4): 3/23/2012, DDT (tissue & sediment): 3/23/2012, Dieldrin (tissue): 3/23/2012, Lead (tissue): 3/23/2012, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls): 3/23/2012, Phenanthrene: 3/23/2012, Pyrene: 3/23/2012, Sediment Toxicity: 3/23/2012, Zinc (sediment): 3/23/2012 Algae: 3/26/2012, Ammonia: 3/26/2012, Copper: 3/26/2012, Eutrophic: 3/26/2012, Lead: 3/26/2012, Odor: 3/26/2012, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (tissue): 3/26/2012, Trash: 3/26/2012, ph: 3/26/2012 Ammonia, Eutrophic, Lead, Odor, Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen, Trash, Lincoln Park Lake 6 Algae Ammonia: 3/26/2012, Eutrophic: 3/26/2012, Lead: 3/26/2012, Odor: 3/26/2012, Organic Enrichment/Low Dissolved Oxygen: 3/26/2012, Trash: 3/26/2012, Algae: 3/21/2003 Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene -7-d): 3/23/2012, DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane): 3/23/2012, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls): 3/23/2012, 2-Methylnaphthalene: 3/23/2012 Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene -7-d), Los Angeles Harbor - Cabrillo Marina DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls), 2-3 Methylnaphthalene 3/19/2015 Totals

19 TMDLs # Receiving Water Imp. Pollutant listings (2010) TMDLs Adopted or Approved by EPA (2012) 2-Methylnaphthalene: 3/23/2012, Benthic Community Effects: 3/23/2012, Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene -7-d): 3/23/2012, Benzo[a]anthracene: 3/23/2012, Cadmium (sediment): 3/23/2012, Chlordane (tissue & sediment): 3/23/2012, Chromium 2-Methylnaphthalene, Benthic Community (sediment): 3/23/2012, Chrysene (C1-C4): Effects, Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene - 3/23/2012, Copper (sediment): 3/23/2012, DDT 7-d), Benzo[a]anthracene, Cadmium (sediment), Chlordane (tissue & sediment), Chromium (sediment), Chrysene (C1-C4), (tissue & sediment): 3/23/2012, Dieldrin: 3/23/2012, Lead (sediment): 3/23/2012, Mercury (sediment): 3/23/2012, PCBs Copper (sediment), DDT (tissue & sediment), (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (tissue & Dieldrin, Lead (sediment), Mercury sediment): 3/23/2012, Phenanthrene: (sediment), PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) 3/23/2012, Pyrene: 3/23/2012, Sediment Los Angeles Harbor - Consolidated Slip (tissue & sediment), Phenanthrene, Pyrene, Sediment Toxicity, Toxaphene (tissue), Zinc (sediment), Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-19 Benzopyrene -7-d) Toxicity: 3/23/2012, Toxaphene (tissue): 3/23/2012, Zinc (sediment): 3/23/2012, Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene -7-d): 3/23/2012 Totals /19/

20 Receiving Water Los Angeles Harbor - Fish Harbor 15 Los Angeles Harbor - Inner Cabrillo Beach Area 3 TMDLs # Imp. Pollutant listings (2010) TMDLs Adopted or Approved by EPA (2012) Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene -7-d): 3/23/2012, Benzo[a]anthracene: 3/23/2012, Chlordane: 3/23/2012, Chrysene (C1-C4): 3/23/2012, Copper: 3/23/2012, DDT Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene -7-d), (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane): 3/23/2012, Benzo[a]anthracene, Chlordane, Chrysene Dibenz[a,h]anthracene: 3/23/2012, Lead: (C1-C4), Copper, DDT 3/23/2012, Mercury: 3/23/2012, PAHs (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons): Dibenz[a,h]anthracene, Lead, Mercury, PAHs 3/23/2012, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls): (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons), PCBs 3/23/2012, Phenanthrene: 3/23/2012, Pyrene: (Polychlorinated biphenyls), Phenanthrene, 3/23/2012, Sediment Toxicity: 3/23/2012, Zinc: Pyrene, Sediment Toxicity, Zinc, DDT 3/23/2012, DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane): 3/23/2012 DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), Indicator Bacteria, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls), Chlordane (sediment) DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane): 3/23/2012, Indicator Bacteria: 1/1/2004, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls): 3/23/2012, Chlordane (sediment): 3/23/2012 Los Angeles Chlordane (sediment), DDT (sediment), Chlordane (sediment): 3/23/2012, DDT (sediment): 3/23/2012, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (sediment): 3/23/2012, Sediment River Estuary PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (sediment), Toxicity: 3/23/2012, Trash: 7/24/2008, (Queensway Bay) 5 Sediment Toxicity, Trash, Ammonia Ammonia: 3/18/2004 Totals /19/

21 Receiving Water Los Angeles River Reach 1 (Estuary to Carson Street) 11 Los Angeles River Reach 2 (Carson to Figueroa Street) 7 Los Angeles River Reach 3 (Figueroa St. to Riverside Dr.) 5 Los Angeles River Reach 4 (Sepulveda Dr. to Sepulveda Dam) 6 TMDLs # Imp. Pollutant listings (2010) TMDLs Adopted or Approved by EPA (2012) Ammonia: 3/18/2004, Cadmium: 12/22/2005, Coliform Bacteria: 3/23/2012, Copper, Ammonia, Cadmium, Coliform Bacteria, Dissolved: 12/22/2005, Lead: 12/22/2005, Copper, Dissolved, Cyanide, Diazinon, Lead, Nutrients (Algae): 3/18/2004, Trash: 7/24/2008, Nutrients (Algae), Trash, Zinc, Dissolved, ph, Zinc, Dissolved: 12/22/2005, ph: 1/1/2003, Ammonia Ammonia: 3/18/2004 Ammonia, Coliform Bacteria, Copper, Lead, Nutrients (Algae), Oil, Trash, Ammonia Ammonia, Copper, Lead, Nutrients (Algae), Trash, Ammonia Ammonia, Coliform Bacteria, Copper, Lead, Nutrients (Algae), Trash, Ammonia Ammonia: 3/18/2004, Coliform Bacteria: 3/23/2012, Copper: 12/22/2005, Lead: 12/22/2005, Nutrients (Algae): 3/18/2004, Trash: 7/24/2008, Ammonia: 3/18/2004 Ammonia: 3/18/2004, Copper: 12/22/2005, Lead: 12/22/2005, Nutrients (Algae): 3/18/2004, Trash: 7/24/2008, Ammonia: 3/18/2004 Ammonia: 3/18/2004, Coliform Bacteria: 3/23/2012, Copper: 12/22/2005, Lead: 12/22/2005, Nutrients (Algae): 3/18/2004, Trash: 7/24/2008, Ammonia: 3/18/2004 Los Angeles River Reach 5 ( within Sepulveda Basin) Ammonia, Copper, Lead, Nutrients (Algae), 6 Oil, Trash, Coliform Bacteria Ammonia: 3/18/2004, Copper: 12/22/2005, Lead: 12/22/2005, Nutrients (Algae): 3/18/2004, Trash: 7/24/2008, Coliform Bacteria: 3/23/2012 Totals /19/

22 Receiving Water Los Angeles River Reach 6 (Above Sepulveda Flood Control Basin) TMDLs # Imp. Pollutant listings (2010) TMDLs Adopted or Approved by EPA (2012) Coliform Bacteria: 3/23/2012, Selenium: 2 Coliform Bacteria, Selenium, Beach Closures 12/22/2005 Benthic Community Effects: 3/23/2012, Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene -7-d): 3/23/2012, Chrysene (C1-C4): 3/23/2012, Copper: 3/23/2012, DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane): 3/23/2012, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls): 3/23/2012, Sediment Toxicity: 3/23/2012, Zinc: 3/23/2012, DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane): 3/23/2012 Beach Closures, Benthic Community Effects, Benzo(a)pyrene (3,4-Benzopyrene -7-d), Chrysene (C1-C4), Copper, DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), PCBs Los Angeles/Long (Polychlorinated biphenyls), Sediment Beach Inner Toxicity, Zinc, DDT Harbor 9 (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) Los Angeles/Long Beach Outer DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), PCBs DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane): Harbor (inside breakwater) (Polychlorinated biphenyls), Sediment 3 Toxicity, Ammonia 3/23/2012, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls): 3/23/2012, Sediment Toxicity: 3/23/2012 Algae, Ammonia, ChemA (tissue), Chlordane (tissue), DDT (tissue), Dieldrin (tissue), Machado Lake Eutrophic, Odor, PCBs (Polychlorinated (Harbor Park biphenyls) (tissue), Trash, DDT Lake) 10 (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) Algae: 3/11/2009, Ammonia: 3/11/2009, ChemA (tissue): 3/26/2012, Chlordane (tissue): 3/26/2012, DDT (tissue): 3/26/2012, Dieldrin (tissue): 3/26/2012, Eutrophic: 3/11/2009, Odor: 3/11/2009, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (tissue): 3/26/2012, Trash: 3/6/2008 3/19/ Totals

23 TMDLs # Receiving Water Imp. Pollutant listings (2010) TMDLs Adopted or Approved by EPA (2012) Chlordane (tissue & sediment): 1/1/2005, Marina del Rey Harbor - Back Basins Chlordane (tissue & sediment), Copper (sediment), DDT (tissue), Dieldrin (tissue), Fish Consumption Advisory, Indicator Bacteria, Lead (sediment), PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (tissue & sediment), Sediment Toxicity, Zinc 10 (sediment), Indicator Bacteria Copper (sediment): 3/16/2006, Fish Consumption Advisory: 1/1/2005, Indicator Bacteria: 3/18/2004, Lead (sediment): 3/16/2006, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (tissue & sediment): 3/16/2006, Sediment Toxicity: 1/1/2005, Zinc (sediment): 3/16/2006, Indicator Bacteria: 3/18/2004 Marina del Rey Harbor Beach Indicator Bacteria, Fish Barriers (Fish 1 Passage) Indicator Bacteria: 3/18/2004 McCoy Canyon Creek Fecal Coliform, Nitrate, Nitrogen, Nitrate, 4 Selenium, Total, Coliform Bacteria Selenium, Total: 12/22/2005, Coliform Bacteria: 11/20/2003 DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), PCBs Point Fermin Park Beach (Polychlorinated biphenyls), Total Coliform, 3 Indicator Bacteria DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), Royal Palms Indicator Bacteria, PCBs (Polychlorinated Beach 3 biphenyls), Indicator Bacteria Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003 Total Coliform: 6/19/2003, Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003 San Pedro Bay Near/Off Shore Zones Chlordane, DDT (tissue & sediment), PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls), Sediment 4 Toxicity, ChemA Chlordane: 3/23/2012, DDT (tissue & sediment): 3/23/2012, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls): 3/23/2012, Sediment Toxicity: 3/23/2012 Totals /19/

24 Receiving Water Santa Monica Bay Offshore/Nearsho re 5 TMDLs # Imp. Pollutant listings (2010) TMDLs Adopted or Approved by EPA (2012) DDT (tissue & sediment), Debris, Fish DDT (tissue & sediment): 3/26/2012, Debris: Consumption Advisory, PCBs 3/20/2012, PCBs (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (Polychlorinated biphenyls) (tissue & (tissue & sediment): 3/26/2012, Sediment sediment), Sediment Toxicity, Indicator Toxicity: 3/26/2012, Indicator Bacteria: Bacteria 6/19/2003 Santa Monica Beach 1 Indicator Bacteria, Indicator Bacteria Santa Monica Indicator Bacteria, Lead, Canyon 2 Bis(2ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003 Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003, Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003 Copper: 12/22/2005, Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003, Lead: 12/22/2005, Selenium: 12/22/2005, Zinc: 12/22/2005 Sepulveda Canyon Ammonia, Copper, Indicator Bacteria, Lead, 6 Selenium, Zinc, Chloride Topanga Canyon Creek 1 Lead, Coliform Bacteria Coliform Bacteria: 6/19/2003 Torrance Carson Coliform Bacteria, Copper, Lead, Nitrate and Channel 3 Nitrite Nitrate and Nitrite: 3/18/2004 Tujunga Wash (LA River to Ammonia, Coliform Bacteria, Copper, Trash, Hansen Dam) 4 Indicator Bacteria Ammonia: 3/18/2004, Copper: 12/22/2005, Trash: 7/24/2008, Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003 Venice Beach 1 Indicator Bacteria, Coliform Bacteria Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003 Verdugo Wash Reach 1 (LA River to Verdugo Rd.) 3 Coliform Bacteria, Copper, Trash, Coliform Bacteria Trash: 7/24/2008 Totals /19/

25 TMDLs Receiving Water # Imp. Pollutant listings (2010) TMDLs Adopted or Approved by EPA (2012) Verdugo Wash Reach 1 (LA River to Verdugo Rd.) Coliform Bacteria, Copper, Trash, 3 Coliform Bacteria Trash: 7/24/2008 Verdugo Wash Reach 2 (Above Verdugo Road) Coliform Bacteria, Trash, Benthic- 2 Macroinvertebrate Bioassessments Trash: 7/24/2008 DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), Indicator Bacteria, PCBs Whites Point Beach (Polychlorinated biphenyls), Indicator 3 Bacteria Will Rogers Beach 1 Indicator Bacteria, Coliform Bacteria Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003 Coliform Bacteria, Copper, Lead, DDT Wilmington Drain 3 (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003, Indicator Bacteria: 6/19/2003 Totals /19/

26 Los Angeles City Limits LA River Watershed Enhanced Watershed Management Ballona Creek Watershed Plans Santa Monica Bay Watershed Dominguez Channel Watershed 3/19/

27 LA s Vision: Green 3/19/

28 Current Green Infrastructure Projects Planned or Built 3/19/

29 LA River Revitalization 3/19/

30 Low Impact Development Ordinance 3/19/

31 Proposition O $500M 2/3 public for Citizens oversight Multi use, multi benefit, water quality 3/19/

32 South Los Angles Wetlands Park 3/19/

33 Cesar Chavez Rec. Complex 3/19/

34 Hansen Dam Rec. Area Parking Lot and Wetlands Restoration 3/19/

35 Echo Park Lake Rehabilitation Project 3/19/

36 El Sereno Parking Grove 3/19/

37 Cabrito Paseo Walkway & Bike Path 3/19/

38 Los Angeles Zoo Parking Lot 3/19/

39 Rory M. Shaw Memorial Wetlands Park (formerly Strathern Wetlands) 3/19/

40 Wilmington Drain Multi-Use Project 3/19/

41 Machado Lake Ecosystem Rehabilitation Project 3/19/

42 Rosecrans Recreation Center Stormwater Enhancements 3/19/

43 Peck Park Canyon 3/19/

44 Temescal Canyon Stormwater BMPs 3/19/

45 Penmar Water Quality Improvement Project 3/19/

46 Laurel Canyon Green Street 3/19/

47 Albion Riverside Park Project 3/19/

48 One Water 3/19/

49 The End Game Five Year Average Total: 621,700 AFY Fiscal Year Total: 711,000 AFY Stormwater Capture efforts are designed to alleviate 1 of 2 problems in the San Fernando Basin: Groundwater Contamination and lack of natural recharge. Note: Charts do not reflect 100,000 AF of existing conservation 3/19/

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