By rebuilding some of the Los Angeles-Glendale Water Reclamation Plant’s infrastructure, the city will free up 18,000 square feet to create a new green space for the public.
The Los Angeles City Planning Commission has approved plans to demolish the Los Angeles-Glendale Water Reclamation Plant’s old chlorine detention pond to make way for wastewater treatment tanks and a water purification demonstration facility. The revamp will create about 18,000 square feet of public park space along the Los Angeles River.
“Construction is to occur in three phases, beginning with the removal and replacement of water infrastructure, followed by the construction of the new personnel building, and concluding with the new water purification facility,” Steven Sharp writes for Urbanize LA.
The city will begin constructing the public green space during the second phase of construction, and use a fence to separate it from the water facility. The city estimates that construction will take two years.
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