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Nearly 30 years after initials plans to remove sediment from storage capacity of 3,500 acre-feet. Currently, the capacity is at
the Littlerock Reservoir were halted by the discovery of the 2,800 acre-feet due to decades of sediment buildup that has
federally protected arroyo toad, Palmdale Water District finally now reached 1.7 cubic yards. The ongoing drought has made it
started the Littlerock Sediment Removal Project in 2022. About critical to increase storage capacity for surface water.
64,000 cubic yards of dirt and debris were trucked out of the PWD has two staffed locations and several unstaffed sites.
Littlerock Reservoir and moved to a local gravel pit. The 12-year
project aims to restore the Littlerock Dam to its 1992 water
“Providing high-quality water to our current and future
customers at a reasonable cost.”
— Palmdale Water District

ToP 2022 milesTones

No. 1 A major milestone is the drilling of Palmdale
Water District’s first water well in 31 years. Well 36,
located north of 15th Street East at Rancho Vista
Boulevard, is scheduled to be in operation by early 2023.
It will produce between 1,000-1,300 acre-feet of water
annually, or enough water for about 2,000 Palmdale
families.

No. 2 The advancement of plans for Pure Water AV,
a water augmentation program that will allow PWD
to be more drought-proof, have local control of water
and improve the groundwater quality and quantity is
important. A demonstration facility showing the process
of running recycled water through a four-step filtration
PWD construction crew don hazmat suits while working on a leak involving system will be completed in early 2024 and open to the
asbestos concrete pipes community.

Contractors start removing sediment at the Littlerock Reservoir

Littlerock Dam 2022

Palmdale Water District General Manager Dennis D. LaMoreaux, Engineering
Manager Scott Rogers and Assistant GM Adam Ly pose at the groundbreaking
of Well 36.
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