San Gabriel Valley Water Forum

Mike SullivanMonitoring Section Head, Los Angeles County

Sanitation DistrictsMsullivan@LACSD.org562-908-4288 x2801

To protect public health and the environment through innovative and cost effective wastewater and solid waste management, and in doing so convert waste into resources such as recycled water, energy, and recycled materials.

Sanitation Districts Mission Statement

To protect public health and the environment through innovative and cost effective wastewater and solid waste management, and in doing so convert waste into resources such as recycled water, energy, and recycled materials.

Sanitation Districts Mission Statement

Solid Waste Facilities Map

CalabasasCalabasas

Commerce Commerce

South Gate South Gate DARTDART

Transfer / MRFTransfer / MRF

Open LandfillOpen Landfill

Refuse to Energy FacilityRefuse to Energy Facility

Scholl Scholl CanyonCanyon

Puente Puente HillsHills

SERRFSERRF

SpadraSpadraMission Mission CanyonCanyon

Palos Palos Verdes Verdes

Closed LandfillClosed Landfill

SanitationSanitationDistricts of Districts of Los Angeles Los Angeles

CountyCounty

Solid Waste System 17 Sanitation Districts 3 Active Landfills 3 Inactive Landfills 3 MRFs 2 RTE Facilities 4 LFG-to-Energy

Solid Waste Facilities

Districts’ Energy Management

POWER SALES91 MW91 MW

30 30 MWMW

CSD FACILITIES(only purchase 5 MW)

LANDFILLGAS-TO-ENERGY63 MW

SOLID WASTE FACILITIES

WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT

REFUSE-TO-ENERGY

DIGESTERGAS-TO-ENERGY18 MW

REFUSE-TO-ENERGY40 MW

Wastewater Treatment Facilities Map

Wastewater System 23 Sanitation Districts 78 cities 820 square miles 5.7 million served 11 treatment plants 500 MGD treated 200 MGD for reuse 1400 mi trunk sewers

Treatment Process

Conveyance System

Preliminary Treatment

Primary Treatment

Secondary Treatment

Solids Dewatering

Chlorine Disinfection

Secondary Treatment Clarifiers

Filtration

Solids Processing

Laboratory

Biosolids to land

applications

Clean water is used for a variety of purposes such

as irrigation.

Clean water is returned to the ocean,

lake, river or stream.

RecycledWater

Total Recycled vs. Ocean Discharge

Recycled Water Use Sites1970-2011

Distribution of Reuse

1

22

642

San Gabriel Valley Recycled Water

Potential Recharge Sites

San Gabriel Valley Water Forum

Mike SullivanMonitoring Section Head, Los Angeles County

Sanitation DistrictsMsullivan@LACSD.org562-908-4288 x2801