Silver Lake Reservoir Bypass

A steel and concrete pipeline 66 inches in diameter will be installed as part of the Silver Lake Storage Replacement Project.
The Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs will be removed from service and replaced by the buried Headworks Reservoir that is to be constructed adjacent to Griffith Park. This new pipeline will transport water directly from the new reservoir into the existing distribution system, bypassing the off-line Silver Lake and Ivanhoe reservoirs.
A station to regulate the incoming water pressure will be installed where the new pipe joins the existing system. The regulator station will be buried underground and have a footprint of about 1/3 the size of a basketball court.
Designs for the project are temporarily on hold while another portion of the larger Storage Replacement Project is designed.
Construction will begin in September 2010 and finish in March 2012.
For more information, visit LADWP.com [PDF].