District To Study Dropping Ellwood Sewer Line

In response to a letter from Gaviota Coast Conservancy president Mike Lunsford, the Goleta Sanitary District discussed at its regular meeting Tuesday the idea of decommissioning a portion of its Devereux Creek Trunkline. The segment of the sewage pipe in question is a 1,600-foot section runs beneath the environmentally sensitive monarch butterfly habitat at Ellwood Mesa.

The district’s current plans for that portion of pipe are to eventually put it into use to serve upcoming residential developments, such as the Comstock Homes project in the Ellwood area, but the developer has already planned for a lift station that could take the sewage away from the Devereux Creek Trunkline and pump it into the Hollister Avenue Interceptor Line. Currently that section of the Devereux pipe serves only the Sandpiper Golf Course maintenance shed.

Ultimately, the Board of the Sanitary District directed staff to conduct a feasibility study on the possibility of rerouting sewage to the Hollister line via lift station, which would allow for the possible abandonment of the western segment of the Devereux Creek Trunkline. The GWSD is anticipated to revisit the matter at their March 20 meeting.

Source: Goleta Valley Voice (Click for article.)