Septic Waste Dump Sites Approved Despite Protests
Despite protests from conservationists and neighbors, the Los Angeles Board of Public Works recommended Wednesday opening septic waste dumping sites in the Sepulveda Basin and three other locations throughout the city.
Conservationists and neighbors oppose the Sepulveda Basin site, saying the facility is likely to create traffic and odor problems in the middle of a popular recreation area.
“We don’t want any part of this project in the Sepulveda Basin recreation area,” said Jill Swift, a member of the Coalition to Save the Sepulveda Basin.
But the selection of the Sepulveda Basin came as no surprise because the city has spent $2.5 million to build a facility there to accept septic waste from septic tanks, cesspools and portable toilets.
The other recommended sites are in downtown Los Angeles, near Los Angeles International Airport and in Sunland at a city refuse collection yard. There were no protests over the downtown site, which is in an industrial area, or the site near LAX, which is on city property.
Under the plan, the city would monitor dumping at the sites and charge private waste haulers for the cost of dumping into the city’s sewer system.
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