LOS ANGELES : Council Delays Idea to Build Water Filtration Plant
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday agreed to delay exploration of building a $250-million water filtration system in Mission Canyon, a defunct landfill in the Sepulveda Pass.
The council action--introduced by Councilman Marvin Braude--came after Sepulveda Pass homeowner activists denounced the filtration plant idea, saying it was hatched in secret, would introduce industrial uses into the mountains and cost taxpayers plenty.
Critics said the delay gives them much needed time to review the filtration plant idea and study alternatives to locating it in Mission Canyon.
Put on hold by the council was a proposed agreement that would allow the city’s Department of Water and Power to go onto the Mission Canyon site--which is owned by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts--and begin scientific tests to determine if it was suitable for a filtration plant.
DWP officials say they want to seriously study the idea of a plant in Mission Canyon but insist that they are not committed to implementing it.
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