Client: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)
Location: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Size: 600 million gallons of water a day with UV light.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) began the construction of a new ultraviolet (UV) water treatment facility at the Los Angeles Aqueduct Filtration Plant (LAAFP) in Sylmar, California, US. The $60 million UV facility will provide an advanced level of protection to the LADWP’s treatment process, complying with new water quality regulations established by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The new facility will provide protection against microbial contaminants that exist naturally in surface water sources and will reduce the use of chemical treatments, such as ozone and chlorine. The new treatment facility is expected to begin operations in April 2014