Groundwater Resilience Program feasibility study
Long Beach
Summary
Long Beach is taking a major step toward relying less on imported water by studying a new groundwater treatment plant and pipelines connecting its two water zones. Commissioners called it future infrastructure that will outlive them all.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 0
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Sep 17, 2026.
Impact analysis
Up to $938,294 for the two-year study, with the larger program's costs to come back to the board later.
All Long Beach water customers through long-term supply reliability and less dependence on imported water.
Mentions & discussions (4)
Utilities Commission - Sep 17, 2026
Long Beach is taking a major step toward relying less on imported water by studying a new groundwater treatment plant and pipelines connecting its two water zones. Commissioners called it future infrastructure that will outlive them all.
Utilities Commission - Planning Committee - Apr 16, 2026
The city is studying new extraction and injection wells to push local groundwater to 75% of its supply, reducing reliance on increasingly expensive imported water and helping stabilize rates.
Utilities Commission - Feb 19, 2026
The Planning Committee reviewed a 12-year, ~$316 million groundwater resilience program and endorsed Metropolitan's Pure Water Southern California project, which could ultimately deliver up to 4,000 acre-feet annually to augment Long Beach's groundwater basin. Campus modernization options were also presented at $133–246 million.
Utilities Commission - Planning Committee - Feb 5, 2026
Long Beach wants to build a second water treatment plant and roughly 50,000 feet of pipeline so west Long Beach can use local groundwater instead of imported MWD water. It's a 12-year, $316 million commitment with a 'point of no return' in January 2028.
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