San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority

Amount Appropriated?

$10.0M

FFID tracks stages 1–2 — stages 3–5 vary by agency, assistance type, and earmark structure.

Project Description

To date: \n\u2022 The Fund has received $91,509,000 of the $135,000,000 authorized in the 2001 law.\n\u2022 There are currently 33 active groundwater cleanup projects in the Basin that use the latest best available technologies to remove contaminants, including ion exchange, carbon adsorption, advanced oxidation via ultra-violet light, air stripping and reverse osmosis, to pump, treat and serve the water to the public.\n\u2022 Over 100 tons of contaminants have been removed by WQA-sponsored projects and treated nearly 1,734,000 acre-feet of groundwater.\n\u2022 To date, the State of California has provided $30,000,000 through various programs to supplement the federal effort. We anticipate being able to obtain an additional $10 million in state funding to match this request.\n\nAs you know, the San Gabriel Basin provides 90% of the drinking water supply for over 1.4 million residents. Some of the contaminants removed include perchloroethylene, trichloroethylene, perchlorate, n-nitrosodimethylamine, 1,2,3-Trichloropropane, Chromium VI, 1,4 dioxane, and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Without this funding, water rates \u2014 primarily in disadvantaged communities \u2014 are likely to increase substantially, and the San Gabriel Valley will have to increase its reliance on water imported from Northern California.