City Considers Adding More Dewatering Wells In Landslide Area

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA — Rancho Palos Verdes city officials are considering expanding the network of deep dewatering wells in the Portuguese Bend Landslide area.

Currently, there are 11 wells installed throughout the landslide area that have removed more than 112 million gallons of water from underground.

"The highly productive wells have yielded positive results. Land movement in the vicinity has decelerated significantly, with no new movement recorded in the Seaview and Portuguese Bend Beach Club neighborhoods in the past three months," city officials said in a statement.

At Tuesday's city council meeting, council members will discuss whether to install more well, and if so, how many. If the council decides more wells are needed, other city projects will need to be postponed to make funding available.

To date, the city has allocated $14.7 million for the emergency dewatering well program through the end of March 2025.

The City Council meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in McTaggart Hall at Hesse Park. To watch the meeting live visit the RPVtv YouTube channel.