Metropolitan, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County to Launch Joint Water Recycling Program Next Monday (Sept. 18)

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California:

 
WHAT: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County are launching a water recycling program that would purify treated wastewater to produce a valuable new drought-proof water supply. The Regional Recycled Water Program will start with a $17 million demonstration facility and could grow into one of the world’s largest water purification plants.
 
WHEN:

Monday, Sept. 18, 10 to 11 a.m.

 
WHERE: Sanitation Districts’ Joint Water Pollution Control Plant, 24501 S. Figueroa St., Carson
 
PARTICIPANTS:
Metropolitan board Chairman Randy Record; MWD General Manager Jeffrey Kightlinger; and Grace Hyde, Sanitation Districts’ chief engineer and general manager
 
VISUALS: Against a backdrop of the expansive treatment facilities at the Sanitation Districts’ Carson plant, officials will gather to “turn on the tap” by starting the flow of a recycled water art installation that will be housed at the demonstration plant. B-roll footage also will be available.
 
BACKGROUND:
The Sanitation Districts’ Joint Water Pollution Control Plant in Carson currently treats and cleans wastewater from homes and businesses. Under the Regional Recycled Water Program, Metropolitan would purify the treated wastewater through various advanced processes to produce a safe, high-quality water source to replenish groundwater basins in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
 
The program will begin with a 500,000-gallon-per-day demonstration facility that will generate information needed for the potential future construction of a full-scale recycled water plant.