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$60,000,000

Department of the Interior·Bureau of Reclamation

to LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER

WORK BEGAN2026-04-06·LATEST ACTION2026-04-16·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_R25AP00232_014
Award description

LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER IS PARTNERING WITH LOS ANGELES SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENT TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT THE LOS ANGELES GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL PRODUCE PURIFIED RECYCLED WATER BY DIVERTING TERTIARY EFFLUENT FROM THE DONALD C. TILLMAN WATER RECLAMATION PLANT TO A NEW ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION FACILITY USING MICROFILTRATION, REVERSE OSMOSIS, AND AN ULTRAVIOLET ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS. THE PURIFIED WATER WILL THEN BE DELIVERED TO THE HANSEN SPREADING GROUNDS TO REPLENISH THE SAN FERNANDO GROUNDWATER BASIN. THE PROJECT ONCE CONSTRUCTED WILL REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED WATER BY DELIVERING 20,600 ACREFEET PER YEAR OF RECYCLED WATER, ESTABLISHING A NEW LOCAL, AND DROUGHT TOLERANT WATER SUPPLY. FUNDING WILL BE USED TO COMPLETE FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS AT THE TERTIARY TREATMENT FACILITY AND THE ADVANCED WATER PURIFICATION FACILITY.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Design and construct an advanced water purification facility to recycle wastewater and replenish groundwater supplies in Los Angeles.

Sub-sectors
water-infrastructuredrought-responserecycled-water
Why this matters

Reduces California's dependence on imported water by 20,600 acre-feet annually, critical for drought resilience in the western U.S.

Supply-chain signal

Drives demand for microfiltration, reverse osmosis, and UV-oxidation equipment manufacturers and water treatment technology providers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Water scarcity is a strategic vulnerability; domestic recycled-water infrastructure reduces reliance on imported resources and strengthens U.S. water security.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002496.

Period of performance
Start
2026-04-06
End
2027-10-01
Status
activein 501 days
Sources

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