ANAHEIM : Slide Equipment to Go Underground
The City Council has decided to spend $873,372 to place underground about 120 pumps and drains that were installed several months ago to help stabilize the Anaheim Hills landslide area.
The action was taken to “reduce the hazards” to the residents who have had to deal with the bulky equipment, which lines the streets and sidewalks in their neighborhood, said Natalie Lockman, the city’s civil engineer. The pumps and drains will be secured to already existing storm drains, she said.
Heavy rains in January accelerated the 25-acre slide, which forced the evacuation of 45 homes for about two months.
To slow the slide, city crews installed the pumps and drains to remove millions of gallons of water from the rain-soaked hillsides. Those pumps and drains will be placed underground as a result of the council’s action Tuesday.
Hillcrest Contracting of Corona will be working on the project, which is expected to take about five weeks to complete.
Currently, about 150,000 gallons of water are still being pumped out of the area daily, Lockman said. The movement of the slide recently “appears to be very, very negligible or it has stopped in some areas,” she said.
Further efforts to stabilize the landslide are under study by the city’s geologist. A report of the geologist’s findings is expected this summer.
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