The Region : House OKs Lake in Valley

The House approved expenditure of $7.4 million for improvements, including construction of a lake, at the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area in the San Fernando Valley. The appropriation now goes to the Senate and to President Reagan for their expected approval. The funds will enable the Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Department to create a 26-acre lake on the land southeast of Balboa and Victory boulevards, which is now leased for farming. City parks officials have said the lake will be open for fishing and rowing but not for swimming because it will be filled with treated water from the nearby Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant. The federal money will also be used to provide landscaping and recreational facilities around the lake. Work is scheduled to begin early next year, with completion expected in mid-1987.