A $25,000 budget is fairly common for sprucing up an existing backyard. The rule of thumb is to spend 10% of your homeâs value on your yard and the average home price in the U.S. is roughly $220k-$270k.
The agency is the third-largest sanitation district in the western United States. Fountain Valley is also home to the offices of the Municipal Water District of Orange County, a member of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and of the Orange County Water District.
Water treated with lime in a tank in Orange County, Calif. Before the water is made available for drinking, it is sent underground to replenish the areaâs aquifers and to be diluted by the natural water supply. Credit Stuart Palley for The New York Times. FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. â Water spilled out of a spigot, sparklingly clear, into a plastic cup. Just 45 minutes earlier, it was effluent, piped over from Orange Countyâs wastewater treatment plant next door.