LADWP launches water quality restoration dashboard to keep residents safe

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power today launched an interactive dashboard to provide updates and information for residents affected by “Do Not Drink” notices in the Pacific Palisades and nearby service areas.

Customers in the affected areas, which include most of the 90272 Zip Code and portions of the LADWP Service Area immediately south of 90272, north of San Vicente Boulevard, can now use the dashboard to locate their address on an interactive map to determine their corresponding water service zone within the affected area.

The dashboard specifies each zone’s current restoration status while providing preliminary test results and progress updates for testing in each zone.

“As customers throughout Pacific Palisades begin the recovery process and our water system staff work to flush, test the water and work to lift the ‘Do Not Drink’ notice in effect in the area, this new online tool puts timely and transparent information at our customers’ fingertips,” Janisse Quiñones, LADWP CEO and chief engineer, said in a statement.

The dashboards offer “flushing progress,” which identifies each step of the restoration process and how the DWP is working with regulators to meet standards.

It also features zone information to allow viewers to check on the status of water restoration efforts, organized by service zone, as well as preliminary test results.

Visitors to the dashboard can access updated health-based water quality testing data by zone.

DWP is working with the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Drinking Water (CA-DDW) to systematically flush, clean, and rigorously test the water system across the affected areas.

According to department officials, a “rigorous and thorough” process of sampling and retesting ensures that water served to customers meets all regulatory water quality standards before the “Do Not Drink” notice can be lifted.

The water department encouraged residents to continue the use of bottled water for drinking, food preparation, brushing teeth, making ice, and other necessary uses.

Complimentary bottled water is available for affected customers at designated LADWP distribution locations. For the latest updates and to use the Water Quality Restoration Dashboard, visit www.ladwp.com/PalisadesWQ.