Council Tentatively OKs 4 Sites for Septic Waste
Nearing an end to a years-long debate over septic waste disposal, the City Council has given tentative approval to a program establishing four citywide dump sites.
The move helps alleviate pressure on a site within the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys--the only site previously approved for septic waste disposal--and may help eliminate illegal dumping in other areas.
The council voted 13 to 1 Wednesday in favor of establishing three permanent sites--at Tillman, in downtown Los Angeles on Mesquite Street and near Los Angeles International Airport, and an interim site on Tujunga Avenue in Sun Valley--to receive septic waste.
The city’s Bureau of Sanitation is evaluating several sites in the northeast San Fernando Valley for a fourth permanent location, officials said.
The Valley will still bear the brunt of the hauls because the Tillman and Tujunga Avenue receptacles will be open 40 hours per week, compared with 21 hours at the airport and Mesquite Street sites.
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