Leucadia wastewater project moves forward
CARLSBAD —- A proposal to renovate the Leucadia Wastewater District facility on La Costa Avenue is expected to head to the Carlsbad City Council for a vote in April.

CARLSBAD —- A proposal to renovate the Leucadia Wastewater District facility on La Costa Avenue is expected to head to the Carlsbad City Council for a vote in April.

The project won the unanimous approval of Carlsbad’s Planning Commission on Wednesday.

The water district, which serves customers in Carlsbad and Encinitas, is seeking to demolish several structures on the property, repave the majority of the site and construct new buildings.

The changes include a new 12,800-square-foot administration building, a new workshop/storage structure and an enclosed parking garage, a city staff report notes. The 4.18-acre site is on the north side of La Costa Avenue between El Camino Real and Viejo Castillo Way.

The facility does what’s called tertiary treatment, taking wastewater that’s been processed by the Encina Wastewater Authority’s plant on Avenida Encina and giving it an extra cleansing, said city senior planner Elaine Blackburn. The water is then used to water the La Costa Resort & Spa’s golf course.