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Work Nears Completion at Garvanza Park

As of Tuesday afternoon, the large underground cisterns had been covered with dirt, and the entire field had been leveled.

An ongoing watershed remediation project at Garvanza Park behind , which is designed to capture pollutants before they flow into the Los Angeles river, looks to be nearing completion.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the two large underground cisterns had been covered with dirt, and the entire field had been leveled. Mounds of excavated dirt no longer obscured the view of the nearby skate park from Meridian Street.

As on Patch, the project will capture water that flows from the San Gabriel Mountains beneath Garvanza Park, accumulating pollutants ranging from engine oil to fertilizer along the way.

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Through the project, the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation and Northeast Trees installed a pair of cisterns beneath the park which will catch the water before it can flow into the river.

The water will be filtered in each cistern and from there, depending on which cistern it collects in, the water will either be allowed to settle into the groundwater or be used to irrigate the park during the dry months.

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According to Northeast Trees, the total price tag for the project is $3.1 million, with most of those funds being secured by the office of Councilmember Jose Huizar.


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