I got this press release from the city of La Verne today:

LA VERNE,CA – On March 20, 2008, the City of La Verne will dedicate the Amherst Groundwater Treatment Facility, a state of the art water treatment plant designed to remove nitrates and perchlorates from the groundwater. The treatment facility is also part of a conjunctive use project between the City of La Verne, Three Valleys Municipal Water District, and The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
The construction of the treatment plant was partially funded through a grant from the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection Act, also known as Proposition 13 approved by the voters in 2000. In 2001, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) was designated to administer $69 million for aquifer storage programs and other projects. Of those funds, $45 million was specifically designated for conjunctive use projects. Three Valleys and La Verne were awarded $3.3 million to develop a local conjunctive use project which would provide 3,000 acre feet of groundwater storage for MWD and the opportunity to develop a facility to clean up local resources.
“This project is more than a treatment plant, it is a partnership of three agencies, MWD, Thee Valleys Municipal Water District, and the City of La Verne, committed to working together to develop local resources, strategically manage regional water supply, and increase reliability of service delivery, “ said Mayor Blickenstaff.
This plant will allow the City of La Verne to use more of its groundwater supply and be less reliant on imported water, which has averaged 75 - 80 percent of total water deliveries. Previously, the City was limited in the use of local groundwater due to the presence of nitrates in the water, likely a remnant from its early days in the citrus industry. This new treatment facility, with a maximum operating capacity of 2,575 gallons per minute, has the capability to reduce nitrates and perchlorates to nondetectable levels using an ion exchange process.
The dedication ceremony will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2008, at the facility located at 2898 Amherst Street in La Verne. The event is open to the public and will feature brief presentations and self-guided tours. For more information or to RSVP, please call the City of La Verne Public Works Department at (909) 596-8741.

You think the water officials will be expensing their drive out to La Verne?