Water Project

Westmont of Cypress is part of the City’s vision to create a vibrant mixed-use community with a town center for future residents to live within walking distance of stores, restaurants and recreational areas. Westmont offers independent, assisted living and memory care for Senior residents. This upscale community is located on five acres in Cypress, within the 33-acre Flora Park development, adjacent to Los Alamitos Race Course. The 126,700 sf, three-story structure features 129 studio-, one- and two bedroom apartment homes and includes superb resident amenities, including outdoor patios, walking paths, library, movie theater, pool and fitness facilities. Since the storm drains on Katella Avenue were at capacity, innovative 5.8 ac-ft stormwater storage units were designed under the parking lot to retain and treat the water onsite, and slowly discharge it into the City’s storm drains. The donut-shaped tank was sized to handle peak flows of 100-year storm events for both Westmont and the adjacent 28-acre Ovation senior residential project. Both sites were treated as one to meet the City’s stringent storm runoff flow requirement of 0.3 cfs per acre.