Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project Opens with Community Celebration November 17
October 24, 2022 2:50 PM
When: Thursday, November 17, 10 a.m.
Where: Civic Center, 1771 Main Street
SANTA MONICA, Calif. – The Santa Monica community is invited to attend the opening of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project (SWIP), a first-of-its-kind water recycling facility that adds a drought resilient water supply to the City of Santa Monica’s water portfolio. Join the Santa Monica City Council, City leadership, and Senator Ben Allen for a community celebration on Thursday, November 17 at 10 a.m.
As drought conditions worsen across the state, the City is advancing projects that reduce Santa Monica’s reliance on imported water supplies as envisioned in the 2018 Sustainable Water Master Plan. SWIP will provide up to 1,600 acre-feet per year of purified water or roughly 10% of the City’s total water supply.
At the surface, SWIP looks like a parking lot at the City’s Civic Center, but beneath the surface is an example of water resiliency. SWIP matters because it:
- Will improve water quality in the Santa Monica Bay by diverting stormwater and urban runoff away from the ocean.
- Includes upgrades to the Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility (Element 1), known as SMURRF, making it the first project in the State of California where treated stormwater is directly injected into the groundwater basin to recharge local groundwater supplies.
- Includes both a new 1.5-million-gallon stormwater harvesting tank (Element 2) and a new 1 million gallon per day advanced water treatment facility (Element 3).
- Has three elements that will work seamlessly together to convert stormwater and wastewater into purified water that will be used for irrigation, dual-plumbed buildings, and to recharge our local groundwater basin.
- Increases local water supplies to reduce the City’s reliance on imported water supplies.
To register for the community celebration, visit eventbrite.com/e/ribbon-cutting-event-sustainable-water-infrastructure-project-tickets-428798356427.
For more information about SWIP, visit santamonica.gov/sustainable-water-infrastructure-project-swip.
Media Contact
Constance Farrell
Communications & Public Information Manager
Constance.Farrell@santamonica.gov
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