Laguna Beach Sewage Disposal Plant (former) - Laguna Beach CA The Laguna Beach Sewage Disposal Plant was funded by both local bonds and the Public Works Administration (PWA). Construction started in 1934 with the help of relief labor from the Civil Works Administration (CWA).
The sewage treatment plant used a distinctive architecture that sets it apart. Laguna Beach considers the buildings to have local historical significance.
Although the plant is no longer used, the distinctive tower of the 'digester' remains. As the following 2006 archaeological report documents:
“Little remains of the original immediate landscape of the sewage treatment plant, since its adjacent filtration and settling ponds have been removed .... However, the adjacent...