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| Black & Veatch celebrates opening of new facility in California  A dedication ceremony held for a stormwater quality management facility constructed deep beneath Mar Vista Park in western Los Angeles celebrates exceptional cooperation between two California cities to cost-effectively alleviate pollution caused by urban runoff in parts of both Los Angeles and Santa Monica. Black & Veatch provided design and construction support services for the environmentally friendly, good-neighbor facility, which is owned and operated by the city of Santa Monica.The project is a major step in improving local water quality to benefit Santa Monica Bay and local beaches. The new facility treats 100 percent of the dry weather flow (2 to 3 cubic feet per second) by direct filtration, screening and sedimentation and removes a variety of pollutants, including floating trash, pesticides, oil and grease and heavy metals and up to 36 cfs of wet weather flow by screening and sedimentation from the Sawtelle basin watershed. Implementation of the project required execution of a first-of-its-kind special intergovernmental agreement between the cities of Santa Monica and Los Angeles. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |