Long Beach, Ca., Begins Storm Water Capture Project
The Los Cerritos Channel Storm Water Capture Facility in Long Beach, Ca., will become one of the first and largest storm water capture facilities in the Los Angeles County. Currently in Phase I of construction, the project is expected to capture storm water runoff at a rate of 166 cubic ft per second with a capacity to hold 14.5 million gal.
The storm water facility will capture water heading to Alamitos Bay and send it directly to a hydrodynamic separator to remove sediments. The water will then be sent to an underground cistern 660-ft long and 14-ft high to percolate through porous gravel to eventually be pumped out as potable water.
According to Executive Director of the Regional Water Quality Control Board Sam Unger, “It represents the start of the remaking of water infrastructure in California.”
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