https://reasonstobecheerful.world/water-recycling-southern-california/
"During the hottest days of the year, sun glimmers off of an aqueduct as it
moves water from the shrinking Colorado River to millions of residents in the
sprawling cities of Southern California. In one of the nation’s most populous
regions, many cities import a large portion of their drinking water from
faraway rivers through this aqueduct and a network of dams and diversions.
But climate change means a lot less could be available going forward. Over the
past two decades, the worst drought in 1,200 years has driven the Colorado
River into extreme shortages, forcing officials across the American Southwest
to confront hard realities and make tough calls about the future.
This has meant some cities are having to look for new sources of water more
isolated from weather swings. And cities dependent on the Colorado River are
eyeing water that’s dumped down the drain.
“We really kind of refer to this as our third aqueduct,” says John Bednarski,
an interim assistant general manager at the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California — a powerful agency, as the largest wholesale provider of
water in the nation and owner of the Colorado River Aqueduct.
The “third aqueduct” Bednarski is referring to is not another man-made
appendage stretching to the Colorado River Basin or into Northern California
but rather a project that’s designed to stay local — and sustainable: Pure
Water Southern California would recycle wastewater, treat it and produce 150
million gallons of water each day, accounting for about 10 percent of the
agency’s local water demands, according to Bednarski. “So it’s going to be a
major contributor,” he says."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
