State Official to Award $25 Million to Southland Water Projects -- Wednesday event

MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact:
Kerjon Lee
PIO, Watershed Management Division
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works

T (626) 458-4348
M (626) 476-0533

 

 

WHAT:           State Official to Award $25 Million to Southland Water Projects*

Lester Snow, director of the State Department of Water Resources, will present a $25 million mock-check to County of Los Angeles Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke and local officials from water supply and water treatment agencies, municipalities, and non-governmental organizations throughout the Greater Los Angeles County region.

The $25 million will help fund 14 water-related projects dispersed throughout Los Angeles County. State and local officials will also address the multi-agency plan designed to help satiate the region’s thirst for vital water resources.

PROJECT NAMES AND LOCATIONS:

o       Morris Dam Water Supply Enhancement Project (Azusa)

o       Whittier Narrows Water Reclamation Plant (El Monte)

o       Large Landscape Water Conservation, Runoff Reduction and Educational Program  (Central Basin Municipal Water District service area)

o       Southeast Water Reliability Project (Central Basin Municipal Water District service area)

o       Large Landscape Water Conservation, Runoff Reduction and Educational Program  (West Basin Municipal Water District service area)

o       Pacoima Wash Greenway/8th Street Park (San Fernando)

o       Las Virgenes Creek Restoration Project (Calabasas)

o       Malibu Creek Watershed Water Conservation Project (Westlake Village)

o       Joint Water Pollution Control Plan Marshland Enhancement Project (Carson)

o       North Atwater Creek Restoration and Water Quality Enhancement Project (North Atwater)

o       Invasive Weed Control Project at the Whittier Narrows (three river locations in the San Gabriel River)

o       South Los Angeles Wetlands Project (South Los Angeles)

o       Solstice Creek Restoration Project (Malibu)

o       Wilmington Drain Restoration Multiuse Project (Wilmington)

 

WHEN:          Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at 10:30 a.m.    
                       

WHERE:        Bixby Marshland

24501 South Figueroa Street, Carson  (TG 764 C-3)
(Media parking on site. Ask parking attendant.)

WHO:             Lester Snow, Director, State Department of Water Resources

Yvonne B. Burke, Chair, County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors

Michael Selna, Assistant Chief Engineer and Assistant General Manager, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County

Dean Efstathiou, Acting Director, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works

                                               

VISUALS:     Presentation of $25 million mock check by head of state water agency.

                        Backdrop of lush, green marshland in the center of urban-industrial core.

                        Panel displays of projects financed by the $25 million state grant.

 

                                    Note to assignment editor: Spanish-language spokesperson available.