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# Making water safe for drinking
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/making-water-safe-for-drinking/
- Published: 2008-02-26T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:39:50.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Health, Santa Monica, #archive-import

More than a decade after a fuel additive was detected in the groundwater, shutting down five wells that produced the local drinking supply, City Hall is planning to construct a new water treatment facility, decreasing its dependence on imported drinking water.

The council will be asked to spend roughly $4.3 million for pre-construction services to construct a new treatment facility at Charnock Well Field and upgrade the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant.

It was in 1996 when five groundwater production wells were shut down in the

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 26, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022608.pdf?ref=smdp.com)