PUBLIC MEETING TO FOCUS ON WASTEWATER DIVERSION.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer Plans for diverting di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. millions of gallons of treated wastewater away from Malibu Creek Malibu Creek is a year-round stream in western Los Angeles County, California. It drains the southern Simi Hills and the westernmost San Fernando Valley, flows south through the Santa Monica Mountains, and enters Santa Monica Bay at Malibu Lagoon, in Malibu. will be discussed tonight by the Las Virgenes water district as it seeks to avoid a ban on creek dumping that has resulted in past fines. The district is considering 11 different options - from sending the water to the Los Angeles River The Los Angeles River is an intermittent river flowing through Los Angeles County, California, from Canoga Park in the west end of the San Fernando Valley, 51 miles (82 km) southeast to its mouth in Long Beach. to storing it in undergound basins - to comply with state water board ban on sending water to the creek that flows to Malibu Lagoon lagoon Area of relatively shallow, quiet water with access to the sea but separated from it by sandbars, barrier islands, or coral reefs. Coastal lagoons have low to moderate tides and constitute about 13% of the world's coastline. . ``What is clear is there is not singe solution per se,'' said Norm Buehring, director of resource conservation for the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District. ``The most likley scenario is a combination will be picked.'' The district has spent a year and $850,000 to study ways to divert di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. water from flowing into Malibu Creek ever since the regional board put a prohibition on creek dumping in 1997. Alternatives include four options, ranging from $325,000 to $20 million in capital costs, plus another seven options that officials say would require further study. The district faces a November deadline to devise a way to handle 625 acre-feet of water coming from its Tapia Water Reclamation Reclamation A claim for the right to return or the right to demand the return of a security that has been previously accepted as a result of bad delivery or other irregularities in the delivery and settlement process. Facility during the six months when discharges are prohibited pro·hib·it tr.v. pro·hib·it·ed, pro·hib·it·ing, pro·hib·its 1. To forbid by authority: Smoking is prohibited in most theaters. See Synonyms at forbid. 2. . ``We now want to give the general public the opportunity to comment,'' said Buehring. The Friends of the Los Angeles River, which has had concerns about the district's plans to divert water to the river, say they hope the district will find uses for the water rather than dumping it. ``There needs to be a beneficial reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. of the water,'' said FOLAR water quality expert Jacqueline Lambrichts. ``This is where Las Virgenes has a track record of re-sue... I think we need to make some real intelligent decisions.'' Buehring said some of the options call for storing the water for use by other agencies. ``We certainly view that as an important alternative,'' he said, who added that it was a difficult option because it depends on the market for buyers for the water. ``That certianly is one of the prime alternatives that wil be considered by our board.'' The prohibition was put in place to stop pollutants pollutants see environmental pollution. from escaping from Malibu Lagoon. Officials said that when when too much water comes into the lagoon, the berms break and pollutants in the lagoon head to sea and force the closure of the coast. The state water board has banned discharge from May to October each year, and in 1998 the district faced $187,000 in fines, which were later lowered to $38,000, for breaking the ban and discharging its excess water. HEARING Las Virgenes Municipal Water District will hold a public hearing at 7 tonight on plans for diverting treated wastewater discharges from Malibu Creek. The meeting will be at district headquarters, 4232 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas. For information, call (818) 251-2100. CAPTION(S): Box Box: Hearing (see text) |
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