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Published on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
By Kerry Cavanaugh
Seven years after former Los Angeles Mayor James Hahn killed a controversial plan to recycle sewage water into drinking water, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has resurrected the idea as one way L.A. could provide much-needed water to the city's growing population.
The reclamation concept - at one time opposed by Villaraigosa - is among a dozen ideas that will be proposed by the mayor and the Department of Water and Power in a new water-supply action plan set to be announced today.
The proposal outlines how Los Angeles will conserve and recycle enough water over the next 20 years to serve an expected 500,000 more Angelenos without having to import more water.
The effort to drought-proof the city and its more than 4million residents comes as regional leaders try to find ways to deal with dwindling supplies from Northern California, the Sierras and the Colorado River.
"L.A.'s future depends on our willingness to adopt an ethic of sustainability
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