Laguna Beach is a small California community of beaches, hiking trails, a walkable downtown, and summer art festivals.
Laguna Beach occupies 8.84 square miles in southwest Orange County, has a population of 23,000, and welcomes some 6 million visitors each year. Services include recreational activities and cultural arts events. The sanitary sewer system incorporates 85.71 miles of gravity sewers, 9.44 miles of force mains, 25 lift stations and 2,674 manholes.
In recent years, the city has installed biological odor-control systems to eliminate odors and community complaints at three major wastewater lift stations.
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The Laguna SOCWA Lift Station, built in 1981, is the city’s second largest
