Supervisors OK Buying State Water for Jail
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an agreement Tuesday to allow the Peter J. Pitchess Honor Rancho, the county jail facility in Castaic, to receive water from the State Water Project.
In recent years, the jail plumbing system has labored to handle well water that has become increasingly gritty, according to a Public Works Department report. The supervisors agreed to spend $50,000 to hook up the jail temporarily to the Castaic Lake Water Agency system in order to dilute the well water with supplies the agency will purchase from the state.
The jail’s connection will be maintained until June, although a permanent connection is being studied. As part of the agreement, the county will give up its rights to storm runoff that drains into Castaic Lake, which is operated by the agency. The value of those rights is estimated at less than $10,000 in 1991.
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