“We need more information, which is why we created a Stormwater for Recharge Pilot Program,” said Water Resources Management Group Manager Brad Coffey. Metropolitan doesn’t currently offer LRP incentives for stormwater capture, due to the need to better understand how much water such projects actually yield for use. In 2019-20, Metropolitan incentivized member agencies to produce about 128,000 acre-feet of local supplies. Since its inception, Metropolitan has supported the production of nearly 4.1 million acre-feet of recycled water and recovered groundwater. The funding comes from Metropolitan’s Local Resources Program, which was created in 1982 to provide financial incentives to local and member agencies to develop local supply projects, such as water recycling, groundwater recovery, and seawater desalination. The project consists of building about 12,000 feet of new recycled water distribution pipelines and repurposing a surplus sewer lift station to serve as a recycled water booster pump station. An acre-foot of water typically serves three Southern California households for a year. Metropolitan will invest up to $1.5 million over the next 25 years for water produced by the Santa Margarita Water District’s proposed Los Flores Recycled Water Expansion Project, which is expected to begin producing up to 209 acre-feet of recycled water per year for irrigation purposes beginning in 2022. “This is what Metropolitan does – we constantly respond to what our region needs and are proud to partner with our member agencies to produce far-ranging benefits for all of Southern California.”

“The impacts of climate change require us to continue to adapt our imported water supply facilities and strategies while finding ways to develop new sources, such as recycled water and stormwater capture,” said Chairwoman Gloria D.

It also approved an agreement with the Inland Empire Utilities Agencies to help fund a stormwater capture project as part of a Metropolitan pilot program that helps measure the potential benefits of such projects for the region. The board approved an agreement with the Municipal Water District of Orange County and the Santa Margarita Water District to provide funding for a recycled water project. LOS ANGELES-( BUSINESS WIRE)-The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is helping advance two local supply projects that will further diversify and strengthen the region’s water reliability, under two agreements approved Tuesday by the district’s board of directors.

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