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The Santa Ynez Reservoir COVER, located in Pacific Palisades, was scheduled for maintenance in the 2024-2025 DWP Water Infrastructure Plan released/edited 1/9/25.
Santa Ynez Reservoir, Pacific Palisades
- Closed since February 2024 for repairs.
- 117-million gallon reservoir
- DWP's responsible to maintain water supply and reservoir maintenance.
However, in an interview with NBC, newly elected US Senator Adam Schiff said "My initial understanding is the reservoirs that the Palisades were drawing on, these three-million-gallon reservoirs, were full at the initiation of these fires."
NOTE: If the cover was removed to repair the reservoir, could the water have been converted/designated as " non-potable water for emergency use" rather than drained?
January 2025 DWP Report " 2023-24 DWP Water Infrastructure Plan"
2024-25 Goals
- Repair Santa Ynez Reservoir cover
- Complete seismic assessment of the Eagle Rock Reservoir Seismic Improvement Project
Long-Term Goals
- Construct De Soto Tank in Chatsworth
- Replace Elysian Park Tank
- Replace Solano Reservoir in Elysian Park
2024_BOOKLETS_WIP_Digital Final.pdf
There is no mention of a plan for maintenance of the Santa Ynez Reservoir in a DWP Report " 2023-24 DWP Water Infrastructure Plan" It was submitted 7/1/2023
2022-23 Achievements
• Placed Headworks West Reservoir in-service.
• Completed installation and obtained final approval by the California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams for the Green Verdugo Floating Cover Replacement Project.
2023-24 Goals
• Place Green Verdugo Reservoir in-service.
• Complete Headworks Reservoir West commissioning.
Long-Term Goals
• Construct De Soto Tank.
• Replace Elysian Park Tank.
• Replace Solano Reservoir
2023-24_WIP_02.indd
Water for L.A., press release on 8/19/24 announced the adoption of LA County Water Plan by The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Board of Commissioners, it included a link to the approved plan ....which is dated 2023! LA County Water Plan | Home.
Within the plan discussions about wildfires are primarily about the effects. "Mitigating the impacts of wildfire on our water supplies through coordinated efforts between land and water managers."
According to the DWP
"Within the Los Angeles basin, LADWP operates ten major active reservoirs and over 107 smaller storage facilities, all of which create operational flexibility to balance water supplies
and customer demands."
No Longer in Service but contain non-potable water for emergency use:
Encino, Upper Hollywood, Lower Hollywood, Ivanhoe, Silver Lake, and Lower Stone Canyon.
Protected with a floating membrane or roof
- Eagle Rock
- Elysian
- Lower Franklin No. 2
- Green Verdugo
- Santa Ynez
- Upper Stone Canyon
- Lower Van Norman Bypass
Buried Structures
Headworks East and Headworks West
Utilizing shade balls and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection
Los Angeles Reservoir
No Longer in Service but contain non-potable water for emergency use:
Encino, Upper Hollywood, Lower Hollywood, Ivanhoe, Silver Lake, and Lower Stone Canyon.
Similar to the in-city reservoirs, storage tanks provide the needed daily and emergency supplies for the community. Steel and concrete storage tanks have capacity ranging from 9,000 gallons to 30 million gallons, and their typical useful life is 60 years and 100 years, respectively.
Edited 1/13/25 2:53 to correct paragraph format & alignment presentation issues.
According to details in the LADWP 2024-2025 budget proposal:
Some of the proposed budget highlights are as follows:
Replace Aging Infrastructure: Total $629M (Capital $461M and O&M $168M)
Ensuring reliable water for domestic use and fire protection, replacement and repair of water pipelines and other water system facilities are critical priorities for the Water System. To address these priorities, the Water System has developed and continues to update the Water Infrastructure Program (WIP). To support the WIP, the Water System is developing an Asset Management process to assess the reliability of aging distribution mainlines, trunk lines, pump stations, pressure regulating stations, tanks, reservoirs, aqueducts, and meters and services and plan for appropriate ongoing maintenance and operations.
More News from Calabasas
- Expressing Gratitude to the Fire Fighters There are multiple avenues to assist the firefighters of Southern California from Canine Therapy, to Adopt-A-Fire-Station, and the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation
- Creative Outlet: Response to Fires A Donation Drop Station for those who were impacted by the fires continues 11am today until 10pm tonight. Also, workshops scheduled for today through Sunday are postponed.
