{"id":84111,"date":"2018-11-15T16:56:47","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T00:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=84111"},"modified":"2018-11-19T11:03:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T19:03:35","slug":"groundbreaking-ceremony-held-for-armagosa-creek-recharge-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2018\/11\/15\/groundbreaking-ceremony-held-for-armagosa-creek-recharge-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking ceremony held for Amargosa Creek Recharge Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_84113\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84113\" style=\"width: 734px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-84113 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Armagosa-Creek-Recharge-project-groundbreaking-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Armagosa-Creek-Recharge-project-groundbreaking-1.jpg 734w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Armagosa-Creek-Recharge-project-groundbreaking-1-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84113\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ceremonial groundbreaking was held Thursday, Nov. 15, near the California Aqueduct at 25th Street West and Elizabeth Lake Road. [Contributed]<\/figcaption><\/figure>PALMDALE \u2013 Local, county and state officials gathered Thursday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Amargosa Creek Recharge project.<\/p>\n<p>The project &#8212; a collaborative effort between the City of Palmdale, Palmdale Water District, Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency and the Los Angeles County Water Districts &#8212; will bring water from the California Aqueduct to a series of recharge ponds where it will percolate into the aquifer beneath the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers at the groundbreaking ceremony included Palmdale City Manager <strong>James Purtee<\/strong>, Mayor Elect <strong>Steve Hofbauer,\u00a0<\/strong>Councilmember <strong>Austin Bishop,\u00a0Gabino Vazquez<\/strong> from the California Department of Water Resources, <strong>Adam Ariki<\/strong> from Los Angeles County Waterworks, and <strong>Kathy MacLaren<\/strong> from the Palmdale Water District.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project, which has been in the planning stages for quite a while, will accomplish two very important things: one, and most important, it will recharge the groundwater basin beneath Palmdale, while creating a natural recreation space for residents,\u201d Purtee said. \u201cAnd eventually, recycled water from our wastewater treatment plant will also be piped to the recharged basins to further help feed the aquifer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most impressive things about this is that it\u2019s a joint effort,\u201d Hofbauer said. \u201cWhen you have so many different agencies involved in one project, it can often be a complicated and tricky process. But my hat\u2019s off to the staff and leadership of these agencies, as well as the contractors for the job, Nicholas Construction and Bowe Contractors, who came together with an exceptional plan and roadmap to make this important project a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to providing much needed water recharge for our basin, the project also includes plans to create a nature park along the recharge area, to be used for habitat restoration and as a pleasant area for residents to visit,\u201d Bishop said.<\/p>\n<p>The project is expected to cost $17 million and is expected to open in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact Public Works at 661-276-5300.<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013 Local, county and state officials gathered Thursday to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Amargosa Creek Recharge project. The project &#8212; a collaborative effort between the City of Palmdale, Palmdale Water District, Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency and the Los Angeles County Water Districts &#8212; will bring water from the California Aqueduct to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}