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PORTION OF THE COUNTY BIKE TRAIL TO RE-OPEN
Temporary Bike Trail Detour Through Anaheim and Orange Will End The Week of April 3, 2006
§ Trail users will now be able to return to the original trail on the west side of the Santa Ana River.
What: The Orange County Water District (OCWD) is constructing a 13-mile pipeline from Fountain Valley to Anaheim along the Santa Ana River. The pipeline is part of a visionary water purification project, known as the Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System.
A portion of the county recreational trail along the west side of the Santa Ana Riverbed was relocated to the east side so that construction crews could install pipe under the existing trail. The pipeline construction in that area is now complete, and the trail will be restored to its original location on the west side of the Santa Ana River.
When: The bike trail will be restored to the west side of the Santa Ana River beginning the week of April 3, 2006.
Where: North of the SR-22 and south of the I-5 along the Santa Ana River. (See map.)
Why: The trail was temporarily relocated so that construction could take place on the GWR System pipeline project. Pipes were installed along the west side of the riverbed—where the original bike trail was located—to support the new water project. This innovative project will give Orange County a new, safe and reliable source of water by 2007.
Contact: Jill DeCriscio, community liaison, at (714) 633-0093 for more information.
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The Groundwater Replenishment (GWR) System, a new high-tech water purification system, will produce water similar in quality to bottled water. GWR System water will be used to service a larger, expanded seawater barrier and to help drought-proof Orange County's groundwater basin by providing better water reliability and more local control over part of our water future.
Orange County Water District is a special district that was created by the California State Legislature in 1933 to maintain and manage the groundwater basin under northern and central Orange County. OCWD’s groundwater basin supplies 75% of the water needs in Anaheim, Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Orange, Placentia, Santa Ana, Seal Beach, Stanton, Tustin, Villa Park, Westminster, and Yorba Linda.
Orange County Sanitation District is the third largest wastewater treatment system west of the Mississippi River, serving 2.2 million residents in northern and central Orange County.
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