Clean Water At The Bu

12/02/2018

Now that the steep canyon hillsides above the creek are void of vegetation, what happens if landslides or heavy rain wash large amounts of sediment into the water? Local nonprofit

08/04/2017

There is the welcome, refreshing prospective of change — and then there is the type of change that is wildly unwelcome yet seemingly unavoidable.And when it comes to anything to do with the local environment being harmed and/or impacted, Malibu residents do not tend to welcome change unless it resul...

06/27/2017

You can feel good about taking a dip here in the ’bu.

06/19/2017

From 2012-13, the Malibu Lagoon underwent a nine-month-long restoration process initiated by California State Parks. Twelve acres of wetland near the mouth of Malibu Creek were drained, wildlife was trapped

06/07/2017

Proposed amendments to a city ordinance on septic systems could have some property owners in Malibu reaching deep into their wallets. The city’s environmental sustainability department, along with the Malibu

11/11/2016

Last week, Mark Abramson, senior watershed advisor for the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, spoke to the Malibu Garden Club about the Malibu Lagoon’s progress three years after a highly controversial $7 million restoration project. It was one of the few — if not the only — post-project publi...

10/04/2016

Lane closures around the Civic Center have made the ongoing wastewater treatment facility project more visible to the Malibu community, and now the city has offered a glimpse at what’s going on behind the scenes.

07/11/2016

In a symbolic photo op for an already expensive project, Malibu broke ground on the Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Facility using golden shovels at Winter Canyon on Wednesday morning, June 29.

05/30/2016

The wheels keep turning on the long-anticipated Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Facility (CCWWTF). Council voted Monday to purchase land for the project and approve construction and consulting bids, meaning construction is set to begin later in 2016.

10/11/2015

The California Coastal Commission (CCC) Monday afternoon rolled unobstructed through an appeal of the City of Malibu’s Civic Center Wastewater Treatment Facility (CCWTF), after no representative for the appellant appeared to defend allegations that the facility as planned is potentially harmful to s…

06/04/2015

Members of the public are requested to avoid contact with Malibu Creek adjacent to the Tapia Water Reclamation Facility and at points downstream toward Rindge Dam until further notice.

An equipment malfunction on May 28 allowed between 500,000 to 1 million gallons of partially treated sewer water to spill into Malibu Creek near the Tapia plant in Malibu Canyon.

05/20/2015

In its first phase, the plant will use membrane filtration, biological reactions, and ultraviolet light to treat up to 190,000 gallons of wastewater a day. That will produce up to 70 million gallons per year of recycled water that will replace drinking water that is used to irrigate City parks and Civic Center property landscaping.

The plant, which will produce recycled water for irrigating city parks, will begin construction this year.