BURBANK : Work to Start on Water Reuse Project
Workers will begin laying the pipeline for a $6-million water reclamation project sometime next week, Burbank officials said.
The project will include a 17,000-foot-long pipeline that will deliver water for landscaping at John Muir Middle School, McCambridge Park, the DeBell Golf Course, Stough Park, the Burbank Landfill and the Starlight Amphitheater. The water will not be used for drinking.
The water will come from the city’s Water Reclamation Plant, which processes the city’s waste water. When completed next February, the project will increase the amount of reclaimed water used in Burbank by 50%, Burbank Public Service General Manager Ron Stassi said.
Reclaimed water is now being used around the city power plant, for highway landscaping by Caltrans and around the Media City Center Mall, recycling nearly 350 million gallons of water a year, Stassi said.
“It will definitely mean that more potable water can be used for other purposes,” Stassi said.
An official groundbreaking for the project was held by city officials on Tuesday morning, but preliminary work has been going on for about a month. An existing pipeline that now reaches the mall will be extended to the city’s hillside neighborhoods. Two new pumping stations and storage tanks will also be built, city officials said.
The project is being financed by state-backed low-interest loans and revenue bonds issued by Burbank’s Public Service Department.
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