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Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Pure Water San Diego Program, North City Project is Available
Media Contact:
Doug Hendrix, 702-293-8391, dhendrix@usbr.gov
Doug McPherson, 951-695-5310, dmcpherson@usbr.gov
For Release: April 24, 2018
TEMECULA, Calif. — The Bureau of Reclamation and the City of San Diego have completed the final Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the North City Project. The project is the first phase of the Pure Water San Diego Program, a water and wastewater facilities plan to produce potable water from recycled water.
The Project will expand the existing North City Water Reclamation Plant and construct an Advanced Water Purification Facility with a purified water pipeline delivering 30 million gallons per day to Miramar Reservoir. A project alternative would install a longer pipeline to San Vicente Reservoir.
The Bureau of Reclamation is recommending the Miramar Reservoir Alternative as the preferred alternative for approval. The Miramar Reservoir Alternative is also the locally preferred alternative.
The final EIR/EIS is available for download at: https://www.sandiego.gov/water/purewater/purewatersd/reports.
The United States Marine Corps, the Veterans Administration, and the Environmental Protection Agency are cooperating agencies under the National Environmental Policy Act. Anyone seeking further information about the EIR/EIS should contact Doug McPherson, Environmental Protection Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, Southern California Area Office, e-mail: dmcpherson@usbr.gov.
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