TPC GOLF COURSE'S HAZARD A FIRST FOR SCV WATER PLANNERS NEW CLWA RECLAMATION PROJECT INAUGURATED FRIDAY.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer VALENCIA - To someone looking out over a rippling pond, and the ninth green of Valencia's new TPC (Transaction Processing Performance Council, San Francisco, CA, www.tpc.org) An organization devoted to benchmarking transaction processing systems. In order to derive the number of transactions that can be processed in a given time frame, TPC benchmarks measure the total performance of golf course Friday, the future of the valley's water supply is surprisingly inconspicuous. The Tournament Players Club Tournament Players Club (TPC) is a chain of American public and private golf clubs operated by the PGA Tour. Most of the courses either are or had been hosts for PGA Tour events, and even those that have never hosted an event on the main tour have frequently hosted events on the water hazard, edged with pussy willows, is in fact the Castaic Lake Water Agency's first recycled water operation, which was inaugurated Friday. The system eventually will account for a significant portion of the valley's water supply. ``We're enthused because recycled water is a very reliable source that is beneficial and also beautiful,'' said Tom Dierckman, a senior vice president at The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. , which developed the golf course. ``Recycling makes sense,'' said Peter Kavounas, president of the CLWA CLWA Chip-Level Weibull Analysis CLWA Children living with AIDS (Lancaster, OH) board of directors, which manages state water for the entire valley. ``Especially in Santa Clarita.'' The CLWA plans to eventually account for 10 percent of the valley's water supply with recycled water, for the irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. of parks, road medians and businesses. The water is wastewater that has been treated at Los Angeles County Sanitation District plants, and now is being used at the golf course. Newhall Land plans to account for 30 percent of the 21,000-home Newhall Ranch's water supply with reused water. ``We've been planning this for 20 years,'' said Marlee Lauffer, Newhall Land spokeswoman. ``It's environmentally beneficial and as the system expands it will create more potable potable /pot·a·ble/ (po´tah-b'l) fit to drink. po·ta·ble adj. Fit to drink; drinkable. potable fit to drink. water without additional effort.'' Although the recycled water is not potable, its use will effectively increase the drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. supply because potable water will no longer be used for irrigation. ``Usually a big area like this would be watered with drinking water - that's pretty wasteful,'' said Mary Lou Cotton, spokeswoman for the CLWA, as she looked out over the ninth hole of the TCP (1) (Transmission Control Protocol) The reliable transport protocol within the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP ensures that all data arrive accurately and 100% intact at the other end. course. Securing a long-term water source for the growing Santa Clarita area is often among the key considerations for developers and the uncertain water supply is at the center of frequent battles over growth. By reusing water, the valley's supply would be bolstered considerably, said Rich Mills, an engineer for the State Water Resources Control Board. Although this is the first water recycling plan in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. , almost every county in the state has already imposed water-recycling programs as a part of their conservation plans, Mills said. Approximately 10 percent of wastewater in California is currently being reused. The recycled water will be discounted to encourage its use, Cotton said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) A golfer lines up his shot next to a pond of recycled water at the Tournament Players Club course. The water in the hazard is recycled, a first for the Castaic Lake Water Agency, which plans to eventually account for 10 percent of the Santa Clarita Valley's water supply with recycled water. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photographer |
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