WHAT HAPPENED: Orange County Water District spokesman...

WHAT HAPPENED:

Orange County Water District spokesman Ron Wildermuth gave the

Planning Commission an update on the Groundwater Replenishment System

project.

WHAT IT MEANS:

The Groundwater Replenishment System is a water purification

project jointly funded by the Orange County Water District and the

Orange County Sanitation District that will provide a new source of

locally controlled supply of water.

The $450-million project will take highly treated sewer water from

the Orange County Sanitation District and purify it through a process

of microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet light to produce

enough water to meet the annual needs of 140,000 families.

Some of the water will be injected into the seawater intrusion

barrier, and the rest will be used as drinking water for north and

central Orange County residents.

Construction, which is underway, will include a new treatment

plant at the district’s Fountain Valley headquarters, new injection

wells and a 13-mile pipeline that will run along the Santa Ana River

between Fountain Valley and Anaheim.

Water district officials predict the project will be complete and

running by 2007.

WHAT HAPPENED:

The Planning Commission approved zoning and permits for land

slated for six condominium units. Commissioner Robert Dingwall

abstained, and Commissioner Jan Shomaker was absent.

WHAT IT MEANS:

A 17,174-square-foot plot of land bordered by Delaware Street and

Yorktown Avenue has been approved for a six-unit condominium

development.

The conditional use permit allows for the construction of six

multi-family residential units, 1,345 square feet each. The units

will be developed in a row along the lot. All will be two-bedroom,

three-story homes with the option for an additional bedroom. Of the

six units, one will be low-income.

The site is at 2320 Delaware St.

WHAT HAPPENED:

A proposal to expand the Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy was

continued to a later date.

WHAT IT MEANS:

The proposal would approve a request to replace the existing

2,260-square-foot visitor center with a 4,200-square-foot building.

In addition to a visitor center, the new building would include a

one-story animal hospital. It also includes a request to approve site

improvements, such as an 8-foot high block wall along Pacific Coast

Highway, parking lot re-striping and an on-site storage container.

The conservancy is at 21900 Pacific Coast Highway, at the northeast

corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Newland Street.