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County’s Hansen Spreading Grounds, where it will flow into basins and percolate into the groundwater aquifer for storage.

She is continuing to promote other projects, including a proposal to convert two old gravel quarry pits into giant reservoirs where storm runoff could be routed to recharge the aquifer and reduce flood dangers downstream.

Decades ago, chemicals from manufacturing plants seeped into the groundwater in the San Fernando Valley, contaminating the aquifer.

“This is a key step towards returning the aquifer to use as a drinking water source for the people of Los Angeles,” Guzman said.

State officials cited deficiencies in local groundwater management plans including chronic declines in aquifer levels that they estimate could put more than 550 domestic wells at risk of going dry during drought.