It appears that the Temescal Water Project may have some opposition! When I first heard about this project, I was elated that finally something was being done to control or stop the runoff into the ocean. I lived in Santa Monica for over 2 decades and can say that when there was a heavy rain, it was very bad for the ocean!
Here is the article from the Palisadian Post...
March 05, 2009
Sue Pascoe , Staff Writer
Everyone agreed last Wednesday about the quest to protect Santa Monica Bay from polluted stormwater, but residents challenged the City's preparations for the proposed $15.9- million Temescal Stormwater Diversion Project.
Appearing at a public meeting in the Palisades Branch Library community room, Heal the Bay President Mark Gold and Palisadian Fran Diamond, chairperson of the Los Angeles Regional Water Control Board strongly supported the project, arguing that it was an important use of Proposition O funds.
Built by the City of Los Angeles, the new underground system along Temescal Canyon Road, just north of Pacific Coast Highway, would trap rainstorm runoff from October through April and would consist of three separate structures. During a storm, water would first drain into a diversion tank, and then into a hydro-separator (which separates pollutants such as trash and debris from the rainwater). The water would then flow into a 1.25-million-gallon, cement-reinforced holding tank at the bottom of Temescal Canyon Park, where it could stay for up to three days before traveling to the Hyperion Treatment Center in El Segundo.
Questions by residents in the audience focused on the adequacy of studies conducted by the City, the choice of location, leaking sewer pipes, the effectiveness of the system and who would pay for maintenance.
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Residents questioned why an environmental impact report (EIR) hadn't been done. According to Public Works information officer Michelle Vargas, this project qualifies for a CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) categorical exemption, thus avoiding an EIR.
Residents then questioned the completeness of the geotechnical report done in 2008, which stated: 'Our evaluation did not include a detailed evaluation of the landslide susceptibility or stability of the slopes adjacent to the project.'
'We want you to do the work that you require us to do when we build our homes,' said Bernard Kinsey, who lives on the slopes above Temescal Canyon. 'We're not trying to stop you, but you haven't done your work.'
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