Nearly 18 months after the Eaton Fire swept through this foothill community, one Altadena water company that kept its systems running during the blaze is putting shovels in the ground to rebuild what the flames took.
Rubio Cañon Land and Water Association, a nonprofit mutual water company that has served Altadena shareholders since 1886, plans to break ground Wednesday on a more than $2 million restoration of the Maiden Lane Reservoir at 2663 Maiden Lane. The reservoir was damaged in the January 2025 fire.
The funding comes largely from insurance proceeds through JPRIMA, a statewide joint powers authority that Rubio Cañon said it helped establish, according to a press statement announcing the ceremony.
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